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It Was Said

Welcome to It Was Said, with Jon Meacham

It Was Said

Audacy Podcasts | The HISTORY Channel

History, Society & Culture

4.73.9K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2020

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to Season One of It Was Said, a documentary podcast series that looks back on 10 of the most powerful, impactful and timeless speeches in American history. Written and narrated by Pulitzer Prize-winning and best-selling author-historian, Jon Meacham, created, directed and produced by C13Originals Studios, in association with HISTORY Channel. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Some is happening and Memphis, something is happening in our world.

0:09.0

And you know if I was standing at the beginning of time with the possibility of taking a

0:17.3

kind of general and panoramic view of the whole of human history up to now, and they all

0:25.5

might have said to me, Marvalupe the King, which age would you like to live in?

0:35.6

History is vast, complex, and often contradictory.

0:41.6

But in many ways, the trajectory of humanity has been shaped by moments in which a single

0:47.7

person approached a crowd with something important to say.

0:53.8

But there is something different about tonight.

0:56.5

There is something special about tonight.

1:00.5

What is different?

1:01.5

What is special?

1:03.5

I, Bob Rajorton, am a keynote speaker.

1:11.5

When visionary leaders capture the imagination of a nation.

1:14.8

Let the word go forth from this time and place to friend and foe like.

1:22.4

Let the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans.

1:28.6

When discipline communicators speak truth to power.

1:32.2

But I have attempted to pursue the truth with some diligence and to report it, even though

1:36.2

as in this case, I had been warned in advance that I would be subjected to the attentions

1:40.6

of Senator McCarthy.

1:42.5

When compassion at brethren embraced the pain of the grief stricken.

1:47.4

I recognize our common humanity by treating every child as important.

1:54.4

Regardless of the color of their skin or the station into which they were born and to

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