Great Speeches in History

The Alchemist · 1 Great Speeches in History Sat Aug 24, 2013 5:12 pm

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President John F. Kennedy's inaugural address, January 20th 1961.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=xE0iPY7XGBo

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"I Have a Dream" is a public speech delivered by American activist Martin Luther King, Jr. on August 28, 1963, in which he called for an end to racism in the United States. Delivered to over 250,000 civil rights supporters from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the speech was a defining moment of the American Civil Rights Movement.
Beginning with a reference to the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed millions of slaves in 1863, King examines that: "one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free". At the end of the speech, King departed from his prepared text for a partly improvised peroration on the theme of "I have a dream", possibly prompted by Mahalia Jackson's cry: "Tell them about the dream, Martin!" In this part of the speech, which most excited the listeners and has now become the most famous, King described his dreams of freedom and equality arising from a land of slavery and hatred. The speech was ranked the top American speech of the 20th century by a 1999 poll of scholars of public address.

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Winston Churchill speech We Shall Fight them on the beaches June 4th 1940

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"the only thing we have to fear is...fear itself" - Franklin D. Roosevelt

The first inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt as the 32nd President of the United States was held on Saturday, March 4, 1933. Broadcast nationwide on several radio networks, the speech was heard by tens of millions of Americans, and set the stage for Roosevelt's urgent efforts to respond to the crisis.
A dominant leader of the Democratic Party and the only American president elected to more than two terms, he built a New Deal Coalition that realigned American politics after 1932, as his domestic policies defined American liberalism for the middle third of the 20th century.
With the bouncy popular song "Happy Days Are Here Again" as his campaign theme, FDR defeated incumbent Republican Herbert Hoover in November 1932, at the depth of the Great Depression. Energized by his personal victory over polio, FDR's unfailing optimism and activism contributed to a renewal of the national spirit. He worked closely with Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin in leading the Allies against Germany and Japan in World War II, and restoring prosperity to the nation's economy.
In his first hundred days in office, which began March 4, 1933, Roosevelt spearheaded major legislation and issued a profusion of executive orders that instituted the New Deal—a variety of programs designed to produce relief (government jobs for the unemployed), recovery (economic growth), and reform (through regulation of Wall Street, banks and transportation). The economy improved rapidly from 1933 to 1937, but then relapsed into a deep recession.

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The Speech that Made Obama President

In 2004, a one-term senator from Illinois took the stage to deliver the keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention in Boston. By the time Barack Obama had finished speaking, Democrats across the country knew they had seen the future of their party

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=OFPwDe22CoY

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A Tryst with Destiny

Speech in the Constituent Assembly of India, on the eve of India's Independence by Jawaharlal Nehru on August 14th, 1947.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=rnhhUI4nbzY

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Speeches that left a footprint in history.

Appreciate your effort to diversity our knowledge.

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Thanks for sharing.
Below link also good one for those who wants to read in their spare time.
http://www.artofmanliness.com/2008/08/01/the-35-greatest-speeches-in-history/

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Fictional great Inspirational speech given by actor Al Pacino in the movie " Any Given Sunday".
Its a American Football movie. Al Pacino plays a coach, fires up his team, giving a talk to them at half time. his team is behind at half time in a very important Playoff game before the Superbowl.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=WO4tIrjBDkk