“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.”
So said Abraham Lincoln in the Gettysburg Address, a two-minute speech widely regarded as the most eloquent oration a US president has ever delivered.
“Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country,” challenged John F Kennedy during his inaugural address in 1961, in another rhetorical flight of fancy.
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“Open the F**kin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell,” harrumphed Donald Trump on Easter Sunday in a Truth Social post aimed at Iran.
