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Napoleon saying farewell to the Old Guard at the Palace of Fontainebleau, after his first abdication (1814) A farewell speech or farewell address is a speech given by an individual leaving a position or place. They are often used by public figures such as politicians as a capstone to the preceding career, or as statements delivered by persons ...
A valediction (derivation from Latin vale dicere, "to say farewell"), [1] parting phrase, or complimentary close in American English, [2] is an expression used to say farewell, especially a word or phrase used to end a letter or message, [3] [4] or a speech made at a farewell. [3] Valediction's counterpart is a greeting called a salutation.
speech by Susan B. Anthony, who in her effort to introduce women's suffrage into the United States asked her fellow citizens "how can the “consent of the governed” be given if the right to vote be denied?" 1877: The Surrender of Nez Perce Chief Joseph, pledging to "fight no more forever."
Biden’s farewell address had some striking points, including calling for a constitutional amendment and warning of an American oligarchy WASHINGTON […]
The outgoing chairman of the Munich Security Conference delivered an emotional farewell speech that ended in tears, after he expressed "fear" over Vice President JD Vance's blistering speech to ...
The speech was depicted in the opening of the 1991 film JFK. [ 13 ] In 2025, President Joe Biden invoked the "military-industrial complex" phrasing from Eisehower's address in his own farewell address , saying that he was "concerned about the potential rise of a tech-industrial complex that could pose real dangers for our country."
Kindergarten teacher Jeff Berry gave a touching speech at the Lawrence High School graduation on June 18, recognizing that many of the grads had been part of his kindergarten class when he began ...
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