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I Have a Dream
Martin Luther King Jr., during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, 1963
The Gettysburg Address
Abraham Lincoln, at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery, 1863
Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat
Winston Churchill, first speech as Prime Minister to House of Commons, 1940
We shall fight on the beaches
Winston Churchill, speech during World War II after the Dunkirk evacuation, 1940
Ask not what your country can do for you
John F. Kennedy, during his Inaugural Address, 1961
A Date Which Will Live in Infamy
Franklin D. Roosevelt, speech to Congress after the Pearl Harbor attack, 1941
The Ballot or the Bullet
Malcolm X, speech about Black voting rights and self-defense, 1964
The Iron Curtain
Winston Churchill, speech about the Soviet Union's influence in Eastern Europe, 1946
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself
Franklin D. Roosevelt, First Inaugural Address, 1933
Tear down this wall!
Ronald Reagan, speech at the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, 1987
The Tryst with Destiny
Jawaharlal Nehru, speech on the eve of India's Independence, 1947
Women's Rights Are Human Rights
Hillary Clinton, speech at the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, 1995
Four score and seven years ago
The opening of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, 1863
A house divided against itself cannot stand
Abraham Lincoln, during his acceptance speech for the Illinois Republican Party's nomination for the Senate, 1858
Give me liberty, or give me death!
Patrick Henry, speech to the Second Virginia Convention, 1775
The future does not belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave
Ronald Reagan, speech following the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster, 1986
Old soldiers never die; they just fade away
Douglas MacArthur, farewell address to Congress after being removed by President Truman, 1951
The lady's not for turning
Margaret Thatcher, speech at the Conservative Party conference, 1980
Peace for our time
Neville Chamberlain, speech after signing the Munich Agreement, 1938
Ich bin ein Berliner
John F. Kennedy, speech in West Berlin, 1963
Yes We Can
Barack Obama, speech during his presidential campaign, 2008
Their finest hour
Winston Churchill, speech during Battle of Britain, 1940
Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate!
Ronald Reagan, speech at the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, 1987
I am the First Accused
Nelson Mandela, opening statement during the Rivonia Trial, 1964
Liberty or Death
Maximilien Robespierre, speech during the French Revolution, 1794
At long last, sir, have you left no sense of decency?
Joseph N. Welch, during the Army-McCarthy hearings, 1954
The wind of change is blowing through this continent
Harold Macmillan, speech to the South African Parliament, 1960
Read my lips: no new taxes
George H.W. Bush, speech at the Republican National Convention, 1988
The evil empire
Ronald Reagan, speech to the National Association of Evangelicals, 1983
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