John F. Kennedy gives his memorable inauguration speech.

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