"The Price and the Promise...": The Essential Presidential Speeches of Barack Obama by Eupator Classics

 

 

Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States, is widely admired as one of the best political orators of his generation. This volume collects 32 of the most inspiring and most historically significant speeches President Obama delivered during his presidency -- including his First and Second Inaugural Addresses, all eight of his State of the Union Addresses; landmark international speeches at the Brandenburg Gate, to the Muslim world at Cairo University, and To the Cuban People in Havana; inspiring addresses on civil rights and racial justice, like his 2015 Selma Address, his Eulogy for Clementa Pinckney, and his Speech at the Lincoln Memorial; remarks where he served as comforter-in-chief, addressing mourners after shootings in Newtown, Tucson, San Bernardino, and the Boston Marathon Bombing; and his moving Farewell Address. Also included in this volume are more off-beat selections -- his notorious "You Didn't Build That" stump speech from his 2012 reelection campaign; his address to the press after releasing his birth certificate; and his fun and humorous remarks upon the 2015 NBA Champion Golden State Warriors' visit to the White House.

This collection has something for everyone, much like President Obama did as a politician -- a sense of history, purpose, inspiration, comfort, patriotism, and humor -- and is an extremely readable, collectible, and giftable edition, the perfect addition to any history or politics buff's library and a worthy companion to Obama's new memoir and the countless other biographies and historical accounts of his presidency.