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精品文档 精品文档 PAGE PAGE 3 / 7 世界十大著名演讲 “Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never — in nothing, great or small, large or petty— never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense.” No leader in history, perhaps, matched Churchill’s capacity for blurring the lines between speech and battle cry. This is one of his best. It’s an urban legend that the “Never give in” exhortation comprised the totality of his address; Churchill went on for several more paragraphs. But there’s no question that this, far and away, was what Harrow’s students remembered。 Winston Churchill，英国前首相。 #FormatImgID_0# George Marshall, Harvard, 1947 Words of Wisdom: “It is logical that the United States should do whatever it is able to do to assist in the return of normal economic health in the world, without which there can be no political stability and no assured peace. Our policy is directed not against any country or doctrine but against hunger, poverty, desperation and chaos. Its purpose should be the revival of a working economy in the world so as to permit the emergence of political and social conditions in which free institutions can exist.” Marshall’s addreat Harvard was pretty dry stuff, but give the guy a break. Instead of following the conventional blueprint for a commencement speech— a poignant metaphor here, some poetic turns of phrase there, wrapped up in a neat life lesson — Marshall did nothing lethan outline the plan to rebuild postwar Europe and curb the spread of communism that would eventually bear his name. Since this speech was step one toward saving a continent, Marshall gets a pafor failing to meet today’s quota for snappy one-liners。 George Marshall，1880-1959，美国将军、政治家，出任国务卿期间，推出欧洲复兴计划。 John F. Kennedy, American University, 1963 Words of Wisdom: “Let us examine our attitude toward peace itself. Too many of us think it is impossible. Too many think it unreal. But that is a dangerous, defeatist belief. It leads to the conclusion that war is inevitab