1964 RNC Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech: What's Up With the Title?

    1964 RNC Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech: What's Up With the Title?

      Unlike many other impassioned political speeches, this one doesn't really have its own catchy title. In fact, it doesn't really have an "official" title at all, not like "I Have a Dream" or "The Gettysburg Address".

      And who really names speeches, anyway? Is it the media? The speech's writers? The person giving the speech? Maybe it's a secret society of gnomes, deep in a forest somewhere, and when it came time to name this speech, they just couldn't decide what to call it.

      Or… Maybe it's because the Senator didn't make all that many uber-nationally-famous speeches, so when someone says, "That speech Goldwater made in '64," everyone knows what she's talking about, and no further titling is necessary.

      Here are some title variations we've seen via the Google:

      • Senator Barry Goldwater 1964 Acceptance Speech
      • 1964 RNC Presidential Acceptance Address
      • 1964 Republican National Convention Acceptance Speech

      You get the idea. In 1964, Barry Goldwater gave a speech accepting the Republican presidential nomination.

      We may not be able to judge a book by its cover, but we can totally grasp the point of this speech, regardless of which title is used to describe it.