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List of speeches

This is a list of speeches that have particular historical significance.

List of famous speeches

  • 30: Sermon on the Mount - (Jesus)
  • 1588: Speech to the Troops at Tilbury - (Queen Elizabeth I)
  • 1860: Giuseppe Garibaldi's 1860 speech to the soldiers - (Giuseppe Garibaldi)
  • 1863: Gettysburg Address - (Abraham Lincoln)
  • 1873: Susan B. Anthony's 1873 speech on women's right to vote - (Susan B. Anthony)
  • 1893: Honoré Mercier's April 3, 1893 speech - (Honoré Mercier)
  • 1896: Cross of gold speech - (William Jennings Bryan)
  • 1939: The luckiest man on the face of the earth - (Lou Gehrig)
  • 1940: Appeal of June 18 - (Charles de Gaulle)
  • 1940: Blood, toil, tears, and sweat - (Winston Churchill)
  • 1940: We shall fight on the beaches - (Winston Churchill)
  • 1940: This was their finest hour - (Winston Churchill)
  • 1941: Four Freedoms speech - (Franklin Delano Roosevelt)
  • 1941: A date which will live in infamy - (Franklin Delano Roosevelt)
  • 1943: Do you want Total War - (Joseph Goebbels)
  • 1944: Paris liberated - (Charles de Gaulle)
  • 1945: Imperial Rescript on Surrender (Emperor Hirohito)
  • 1946: The Iron Curtain - (Winston Churchill)
  • 1949: Four Point Speech - (Harry Truman)
  • 1953: History will absolve me - (Fidel Castro)
  • 1961: Ask what you can do for your country - (John Fitzgerald Kennedy)
  • 1961: Wasteland Speech - (Newton Minow)
  • 1961: Mouseland - (Tommy Douglas)
  • 1962: Segregation forever - (George Wallace)
  • 1963: I am prepared to die - (Nelson Mandela)
  • 1963: Ich bin ein Berliner - (John Fitzgerald Kennedy)
  • 1963: I have a dream - (Martin Luther King Jr)
  • 1967: Vive le Québec libre - (Charles de Gaulle)
  • 1968: Rivers of Blood Speech - (Enoch Powell)
  • 1974: Richard Nixon's resignation speech - (Richard M. Nixon)
  • 1976: René Lévesque's victory speech of 1976 - (René Lévesque)
  • 1981: Tomorrow, you will vote the abolition of the death sentence - (Robert Badinter)
  • 1987: Tear down this wall - (Ronald Reagan)
  • 1990: Today and forever - (Robert Bourassa)
  • 1990: Geoffrey Howe resignation speech - (Geoffrey Howe)
  • 1992: Culture War speech - (Pat Buchanan)
  • 2000: John Paul II's speech at Israel's Holocaust Memorial - (John Paul II)
  • 2002: The Axis of Evil - (George W. Bush)
  • 2002: Lionel Jospin's concession speech of 2002 - (Lionel Jospin)

    See also

  • Speech
  • Public speaking
  • Open letter
  • Communication

    External links

  • Famous speeches by Presidents, Prime Ministers and Martin Luther King
  • Famous Speeches
  • The History Channel - Great Speeches
  • Great Speeches Collection at The History Place

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