What are some famous speeches throughout history?

Question

What are some famous speeches throughout history?

Answer 1

"The Few", Winston Churchill

August 20, 1940

House of Commons

"We Shall Fight on the Beaches", Winston Churchill

June 4, 1940

House of Commons

"Sinews of Peace (Iron Curtain)", Winston Churchill

March 5, 1946

Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri

"December 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy", FDR

Speech in which Roosevelt requests that Congress declare war on Japan. Delivered December 8, 1941, one day after the infamous bombing.

http://www.pearlharbor.org/speech-fdr-in...

Answer 2

i have a dream

Answer 3

"Ich Bin Eine Berliner" JFK in Germany

Answer 4

the gettysburg address

we have nothing to fear but fear itself (FDR)

ask not what your contry can do for you.... (JFK)

i have a dream (martin luther king)

Answer 5

A personal favourite, though fabricated...

'Gentlemen in England now abed

Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,

And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks

That fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day.'

Any guesses?

-William Shakespeare

From Henry V, the King's speech (act 4, sc. 3, l. 64-7.) inspiriting his men to fight. The battle of Agincourt.

I've always thought Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's speech dedicating her life to her people was rather moving, not something one hears everyday, or anymore, for that matter.

Cheers!

Answer 6

"That's one small step for a man; one giant leap for mankind." - Neil Armstrong

"Veni, vidi, vici!" ("I came, I saw, I conquered") - Julius Caesar

Answer 7

"Blood, toil, tears, and sweat"  used originally by Roosevelt but made famous by Winston Churchill when addressing parliament on May 13th 1940...

Another famous one by Churchill is "We shall fight on the beaches"

Susan B. Anthony's 1873 speech on women's right to vote...

Lincoln's Gettysburg address...

"..Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal..."

Gandhi's "Quit India" speech.

JFK's "Ask not what your country can do for you "

Queen Elizabeth I of England's..."Speech to the Troops at Tilbury"

"9/11 Address to the Nation" by George W Bush

Joseph R. McCarthy's speech against war on communism.

Tony Blair's speech on the death of Princess Diana.."she was  the peoples princess"

Neil A. Armstrong's..."That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."

Also

Crew of Apollo 9.." The hatch is closed and locked. Good show."

For a few of these and more the History channel website has not only transcripts but audio..

http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/stagi...

Also this website is pretty good has audio also...Martin Luther  King tops it with the "I have a dream" speech..

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/top100sp...

Answer 8

Its simple: Kill the Batman!

Answer 9

I Had A Dream