Not to mention the utter cruelty that set the backdrop for the I Have a Dream speech. We get moving speeches when issues hit so close to home that the words se

Not to mention the utter cruelty that set the backdrop for the I Have a Dream speech. We get moving speeches when issues hit so close to home that the words serve as kindling for our deeper emotions. Every speech is inextricably tied to its own context. Malcolm X, "The Ballot or the Bullet" Ronald Reagan's Space Shuttle Challenger address LBJ, "We Shall Overcome" JFK, "Ich Bin Ein Berliner" None of these speeches would have been as meaningful in a different time, with different events and feelings and happenings.