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One of the most famous speeches is the " I have a Dream " by Martin Luther King. The words  are rousing, motivational and filled with emotion as are all of the best speeches. The essence of the most persuasive speeches is the  inspirational and informative quality that  these types of speeches possess. The " I have a Dream " speech is especially moving as it symbolises Freedom of Speech and the dream was essentially an extension of the Freedom of speech philosophy. Other persuasive famous speeches have been included detailing the whole of the text of each speech topic and is not confined to just fragments of speeches. Details of the most persuasive speeches can be accessed from the following 'speeches' in Chronological Order.

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The Sermon on the Mount
Matthew 5 - 6 - 7

The Spanish Armada Speech
Queen Elizabeth 1st of England - 1588

The Farewell Speech
Queen Elizabeth I - 30th November 1601
Gunpowder Plot Sermon Lancelot Andrewes
Delivered soon after the discovery of the Gunpowder plot 5th November 1606
Abraham Lincoln Inaugural Address
Abraham Lincoln - March 4th 1861
The Gettysburg Address
President Abraham Lincoln - November 19th 1863
The Fourteen Points
President Woodrow Wilson - January 8th 1918 
Monroe Doctrine
President James Monroe - December 2nd, 1823
Votes for Women Speech
Mark Twain - January 20th 1901
Abdication Speech
King Edward VIII - December 11th 1936
Blood, Sweat and Tears Speech
Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill - May 13th 1940
Retreat from Flanders Speech
Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill - June 4th 1940
Words At War Speech
Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill - June 18th 1940
What is an American?
Harold Ickes US Secretary of the Interior - May 1941

Declaration Of War on Japan - "a date which will live in infamy"
Franklin D. Roosevelt - December 8th 1941
Declaration of war against the US
Adolf Hitler Speech to the Reichstag the - December 11th 1941
Quit India
Mahatma Gandhi - August 8th 1942
Final pep-talk invasion of Normandy Speech
General George S. Patton Jnr - England - May 17th 1944
D-Day Order
General Dwight D. Eisenhower - June 6th 1944
Iron Curtain Speech
Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill - March 5th 1946 
The Truman Doctrine
President Harry S. Truman address to Congress - March 12th 1947
The Marshall Plan
General George C. Marshall at Harvard University - June 5th 1947
The Chance for Peace
Dwight D. Eisenhower Washington D.C. - April 16th 1953
No Easy Walk to Freedom Speech
Nelson R. Mandela - Presidential Address to the ANC - September 21st 1953
The Gaza Strip - Statement to The General Assembly Of The UN
Golda Meir Foreign Minister Of Israel - January 17th 1957
Birth of a New Nation
Martin Luther King, Jr. Alabama - April 7th 1957
Ask not what your country can do for you - Inaugural Address
John F. Kennedy - January 20th 1961
Address to the A.A.N.E. (Bay of Pigs invasion)
President John F. Kennedy - Washington D.C. - April 20th 1961
Urgent National Needs - Special Message to Congress
President John F. Kennedy - May 25th 1961
American Spirit (Conspiracy Theories)
John F. Kennedy - November 18th 1961
We choose to go to the Moon
John F. Kennedy - September 12th 1962
Cuban Missile Crisis (Quarantine Against Cuba)
President John F. Kennedy - October 22nd 1962
Black Man's History
Malcolm X - December 1962
Above-ground nuclear testing (Peace)
John F. Kennedy - Washington - June 10th 1963
Berlin Address
 President John F. Kennedy - June 26, 1963
I Have a Dream
Martin Luther King Jnr - August 28th 1963
Address to the General Assembly of the UN
President John F. Kennedy New York - September 20, 1963
The Ballot or the Bullet
Malcolm X - Cleveland Ohio - April 3rd 1964
The Great Society
Lyndon B. Johnson - May 22nd 1964
Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech
Martin Luther King, Jr. - December 10th 1964
We Shall Overcome
President Lyndon B. Johnson - March 15th 1965
Peace Without Conquest (Vietnam)
President Lyndon B. Johnson  - April 7th 1965
A Time to Break Silence
Martin Luther King, Jr. New York - April 4th 1967
I See the Promised Land
Martin Luther King, Memphis - April 3rd 1968
Death of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Indianapolis - April 4th 1968
Vietnamization (The War in Vietnam)
President Richard M. Nixon - Address to the Nation - November 3rd 1969
The Attainment Of Peace - Address To The Israeli Knesset
Golda Meir Prime Minister Of Israel - 26 May 26th 1970
Crook Speech
President Richard Nixon Washington - September 23rd 1972
Resignation Speech
President Richard Nixon - August 8th 1974
Nobel Lecture
Mother Teresa - Oslo, Norway - December 11th 1979
Foreign Policy of Great Britain Speech
Margaret Thatcher - December 18th 1979
First Inaugural Address
Ronald Reagan Washington - January 20th 1981
Address to Members of the British Parliament
President Ronald Reagan - June 8th 1982
National Security Speech
President Ronald Reagan - March 23rd 1983
Challenger Space Shuttle Explosion
President Ronald Reagan - Jan 28th 1986
Tear Down This Wall Speech
President Ronald Reagan - Brandenburg Gate Berlin - June 1987
Attack on Iraq Speech
George Bush - Washington D.C. - January 16th 1991
Inaugural Address Speech
Nelson Mandela - May 10th 1994
Obituary to Diana Princess of Wales
 Earl of Spencer September 9th 1997
I Have Sinned
President Bill Clinton - September 11th 1998
Holocaust Speech
Pope John Paul II at Israel's Holocaust Memorial - March 23rd 2000
9/11 Address to the Nation
President George W. Bush - September 11 - 2001
National Day of Prayer and Remembrance
President George W. Bush - September 13, 2001
War with Iraq Address to the Nation
Prime Minister Tony Blair - March 20th 2003



 

  

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The best famous speeches of all time have been included in this collection of famous speeches. They include the most persuasive speeches by topics. Many speeches, like the " I have a Dream " speech by Martin Luther King relate to the freedom of speech. One of the most persuasive speakers, with the most powerful speeches of all time of all time must be by Sir Winston Churchill. Parts of speeches from this great master, Sir Winston Churchill have been used time and time again.  The topics of speeches vary according to situations but the most famous speeches relate to times of crisis. View the selection of speeches and their topics, inspiration might just be gained for making wedding speeches rousing instead of boring!  Writing wedding speeches or college or work speeches with some inspiration makes the task easier!


The speeches featured are in the form of extracts, passages or lines from famous speeches and quotes citing an illustration of, or allusion to, the famous events of the day. Use passages and lines taken as direct citations from the famous speeches and quotes using the language and words used by the famous person in their own language and dialect. All of these well-known people are famous for their powers of verbal and oral communication all making excellent use of the words and language of their native tongue. We cannot say that you will be able to emulate the style and persuasive approach when writing  speeches but you will have fun looking through the various words and subjects of speeches. Famous speeches are often mis-spelt / mistyped as famous speaches and famuos speechs. Name mis-quotes : Speaches - Speechs - Famuos - Speach 

The speeches made in relation to the 9/11 ( September 11 ) tragedy have also been featured. It is with greatest respect that we honour the speeches made at this terrible stage in history. The speeches made by the President and the Mayor of New York and the speeches of condolence from all of the World honour the tragic victims of the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11 2001.

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