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This list of speeches includes those that have gained notability in English or in English translation. The earliest listings may be approximate dates. The earliest listings may be approximate dates. Before the 1st century
Webster, in turn, may have been influenced by an 1819 speech by John Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton, who said, "I am a man chosen for the people, by the people; and, if elected, I will do no other business than that of the people." [37] In Webster's 1830 speech to the U.S. Senate, he said, "This government, Sir, is the independent offspring of ...
In the speech, King called for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States. Delivered to over 250,000 civil rights supporters from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., the speech was one of the most famous moments of the civil rights movement and among the most iconic speeches in American history. [3] [4]
‘Be sincere, be brief, be seated.’ Advice from Franklin D Roosevelt to his son on public speaking
The St Crispin's Day speech is a part of William Shakespeare's history play Henry V, Act IV Scene iii(3) 18–67. On the eve of the Battle of Agincourt , which fell on Saint Crispin's Day , Henry V urges his men, who were vastly outnumbered by the French, to imagine the glory and immortality that will be theirs if they are victorious.
Greta Thunberg giving a speech in Berlin (July 2019) Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has been noted for her skills as an orator. Her speech at the 2019 United Nations climate summit made her a household name. Prior to her speaking engagements, Thunberg had demonstrated outside the Swedish parliament, the Riksdag, using the signage Skolstrejk för klimatet (School strike for climate ...
People waiting on Hooker Fields at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, for Obama to arrive and give a speech Barack Obama gave eighteen speeches on behalf of the Clinton Campaign , many of which were in battleground states, such as North Carolina and New Hampshire.
The days event's included speeches from the likes of John Lewis, a civil rights activist who currently serves as a U.S. congressman more than 50 years later, Mrs. Medgar Evers, whose husband had ...