Top 10 Best Speeches in History

The Top Ten
1 I Have a Dream - Martin Luther King, Jr.

His dream was for black and white to work, laugh, and live together in harmony. The reason today that dream isn’t coming true, is because most blacks bought the lie that because they are black means they are automatically victims of racism. Though some are, most are not!

I was so inspired when I heard this speech
I Have A Dream By Martin Luther King Jr. Is Such An Inspiring Speech and just the way he said it was so powerful

The most inspirational speech ever

Let freedom ring!

2 Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation - Franklin D. Roosevelt

One of the most inspirational speeches from history, and the beginning of our part in the great crusade against tyranny.

3 Gettysburg Address - Abraham Lincoln

Short yet powerful, it gave me hope that no matter what happens, America will remain the land of the free, and will never die.

4 Inaugural Address - John F. Kennedy
5 We Will Go to the Moon - John F. Kennedy
6 The Ballot or the Bullet - Malcolm X
7 We Shall Fight on the Beaches - Winston Churchill
8 Shuttle ''Challenger'' Disaster Address - Ronald Reagan
9 We Must Fight - Ronald Reagan
10 Checkers - Richard Nixon
The Contenders
11 The Great Society - Lyndon B. Johnson
12 Free Speech in Wartime - Robert Marion La Follette
13 The Great Dictator - Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin may be a mere actor in the grand universe that extends beyond the reach of him, you, I or any man. Yet, it can be reached with the linking of arms. That is what Chaplin is trying to tell us, brotherhood is better than dictatorship. A ban of man is greater than a rule of a fool.

14 Inaugural Address - Barack Obama

It was nice to see a different race in office, I just wish he was a good president. The only good thing he did was take care of osama bin ladin

15 Pale Blue Dot - Carl Sagan

So beautiful and brings the perspective that we are just a second in the history of the universe

16 A Time for Choosing - Ronald Reagan
17 One Giant Leap for Mankind - Neil Armstrong

In 10,000 years, this will be the only thing from our time that is still remembered.

Technically a quote, but cool nonetheless

18 Television and the Public Interest - Newton Minow

Vast Wasteland, indeed. I'm glad this speech was included in the list of options.

19 ESPY's Speech - Jimmy Valvano
20 2004 DNC Speech - Barack Obama
21 2008 Victory Speech - Barack Obama
22 Atoms for Peace - Dwight D. Eisenhower
23 Sproul Hall Sit-in Speech/An End to History - Mario Savio
24 Vast Wasteland - Newton Minow

It seems to me that this speech is even more relevant today than when it was made some 50 years ago and definitely belongs on this list.

25 Sorry - Kevin Rudd
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