Great Liberal speeches / collected and edited by Duncan Brack, Tony Little ; with David Dutton ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brack, Duncan.

Little, Tony (Chair of the Liberal Democrat History Group)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Speeches, addresses, etc., English.

Liberalism.

History.

Politics and government.

Great Britain--Politics and government--19th century--Sources.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Politics and government--20th century--Sources.

Liberalism--Great Britain--History--Sources.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

xxxv, 457 pages : portraits ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Politico's Pub., 2001.

Contents:

Guide to Great Liberal Speeches x

'Peace, reform and liberation'

two centuries of Liberalism / Tony Little, Duncan Brack xv

Liberal leaders and Prime Ministers xxviii

Mere rhetoric? / Max Atkinson xxx

Charles James Fox 1

'If the love of liberty was not to be maintained in England' on the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act; House of Commons, 31 May 1794 3

Earl Grey 13

'Struggling for the sacred right of national independence' on the blockade of Norway; House of Lords, 10 May 1814 15

'Orator' Henry Hunt 25

'A want of reform in Parliament' meeting at Spa-Fields, 15 November 1816 27

George Tierney 35

'Sacrificing the constitution on the altar of public security' on the Six Acts; House of Commons, 28 November 1819 37

Lord John Russell 45

'I am opposed to religious tests of every kind' on the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts; House of Commons, 26 February 1828 47

Thomas Babington Macaulay 59

'Reform that you may preserve' on parliamentary reform; House of Commons, 2 March 1831 61

'It is the duty of the state to educate the people' House of Commons, 18 April 1847 71

John Arthur Roebuck 85

'Rescuing people from the thraldom of ignorance' on education; House of Commons, 18 May 1843 87

Richard Cobden 95

'Destroy the monster monopoly' on the Corn Laws; London, 8 February 1844 96

Viscount Palmerston 107

'Civis Romanus sum' on foreign policy; House of Commons, 25 June 1850 109

John Bright 121

'Let us have a real bill, a good bill, or no bill at all' on parliamentary reform; Birmingham, 27 October 1858 123

'A gigantic system of out-door relief for the aristocracy' on foreign policy; Birmingham, 29 October 1858 134

John Stuart Mill 149

'We ought not to deny to them, what we are conceding to everybody else' on votes for women; House of Commons, 20 May 1867 150

William Ewart Gladstone 159

'Remember the rights of the savage' from the first Midlothian campaign; Foresters' Hall, Dalkeith, 26 November 1879 161

'Inspired by the love of freedom' from the first Midlothian campaign; West Calder, 27 November 1879 165

'Ireland stands at your bar' second reading of the First Home Rule Bill; House of Commons, 7 June 1886 179

Joseph Chamberlain 197

'Our object is the elevation of the poor' on the Radical Programme; Warrington, 8 September 1885 199

Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman 209

'Methods of barbarism' on the South African War; Holborn Restaurant, London, 14 June 1901 211

Earl of Rosebery 215

'The clean slate' response to Campbell-Bannerman; Chesterfield, 16 December 1901 217

Winston Churchill 229

'Socialism exalts the rule; Liberalism exalts the man' during the Dundee by-election; Kinnaird Hall, Dundee, 14 May 1908 231

H.H.Asquith 239

'Three capital issues' opening the January 1910 election campaign; Albert Hall, London, 10 December 1909 241

'Look neither to the right nor to the left, but keep straight on' resignation as Liberal leader; Greenock, 15 October 1926 249

David Lloyd George 255

'I say their day of reckoning is at hand' on the People's Budget; Limehouse, 30 July 1909 258

'We can conquer unemployment' on the Liberal programme for the 1929 election; Connaught Rooms, London, 1 March 1929 265

'The Prime Minister should give an example of sacrifice' in the Norway debate; House of Commons, 8 May 1940 271

Sir Edward Grey 277

'A sense of the waste of war' on foreign trade, wars, and armaments; Manchester, 3 February 1914 278

John Maynard Keynes 285

'Am I a Liberal?' at the Liberal Summer School, Cambridge, 1 August 1925 287

Sir John Simon 295

'Liable in damages to the uttermost farthing of his personal possessions' on the General Strike; House of Commons, 6 May 1926 297

Sir Herbert Samuel 301

'A large policy, rejecting all-round tariffs' on import duties; House of Commons, 4 February 1932 303

Sir Archibald Sinclair 311

'We may yet save ourselves by our exertions, and democracy by our example' in the Munich debate; House of Commons, 3 October 1938 313

Sir William Beveridge 321

'Liberalism is a faith, not a formula' on Liberalism with a radical programme; Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 24 November 1944 322

Edward Clement Davies 329

'I am neither exhilarated nor frightened by the word "nationalisation"' on a motion of censure on government policy; House of Commons, 5 December 1945 331

Jo Grimond 337

'I intend to march my troops towards the sound of gunfire' closing address to the Liberal Party Assembly; Brighton, 14 September 1963 339

'The future of Liberalism' inaugural '80 Club' Lecture; National Liberal Club, London, 29 October 1980 350

Jeremy Thorpe 363

'Europe: a cause for celebration' on EEC membership; House of Commons, 9 May 1967 364

Violet Bonham Carter 371

'All great political issues are matters of right and wrong' on the 1968 Commonwealth Immigration Bill; House of Lords, 29 February 1968 372

Russell Johnston 375

'The fundamentals of Liberalism' at the Scottish Liberal Party conference; Perth, 19 June 1976 376

David Steel 383

'Militants for the reasonable man' on the Lib-Lab Pact; Liberal Assembly, Brighton, 26 September 1977 385

'Go back to your constituencies and prepare for government' on the Liberal-SDP Alliance; Liberal Assembly, Llandudno, 18 September 1981 392

Roy Jenkins 403

'Home thoughts from abroad' Dimbleby Lecture; Royal Society of Arts, London, 22 November 1979 405

Simon Hughes 417

'Twelve fingers on the button' in the debate on the Alliance defence commission report; Liberal Assembly, Eastbourne, 23 September 1986 419

Paddy Ashdown 421

'A broader movement dedicated to winning the battle of ideas' on realignment; the Guildhall, Chard, 9 May 1992 423

'The pride and the purpose of my life' farewell speech as leader; Liberal Democrat conference, Harrogate, 21 September 1999 428

'All has changed except our way of thinking' on foreign affairs; House of Commons, 25 April 2001 432

Charles Kennedy 441

'A different agenda, a distinctive identity' on environmental policy; Liberal Democrat conference, Plymouth, 19 March 2000 442

'An effective opposition' speech to general election rally; London, 5 June 2001 446

Conrad Russell 451

'We talk about rights and responsibilities' in the debate on the Queen's Speech; House of Lords, 25 June 2001 452.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

190230148X

OCLC:

44561578