Historic Speeches: The Greatest Political Speeches of All Time

Spoken words have long played a big role in the individual and collective lives of the people.

Challenges have been made, wars have been won, blood has been shed, peace has been achieved and Mankind has reached for the stars, all as a result of the magical words of a few who knew how to deliver them.

And this is one thing that hasn't changed even with the development of various modern media. Nothing has replaced the power of a speech that can influence the attitudes and thoughts of the whole of mankind.

This classic collection includes;

Thanksgiving Day Proclamation - George Washington - October 1798

The Gettysburg Address - Abraham Lincoln - November 19, 1863

Freedom or Death - Emmeline Pankhurst for the Suffrage Movement on November 13 1913

Proclamation by the Government to the German Nation - Adolf Hitler - Berlin, 1 February 1933

Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat - Winston Churchill - May 13, 1940

We Shall Fight on the Beaches - Winston Churchill - June 4, 1940

Their Finest Hour - Winston Churchill - June 18, 1940

Berlin Sports Palace - Adolf Hitler - January 30, 1941

Berlin, Reichstag - Adlof Hitler - May 4, 1941

Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation - Franklin Delano Roosevelt - 8 December 1941

Germany's Declaration of War Against the United States - Adolf Hitler - December 11, 1941

Inaugural Address - John F. Kennedy - 20 January 1961

I Have a Dream - Martin Luther King, Jr. - 28 August 1963

The Ballot or the Bullet - Malcolm X - April 3, 1964

The Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. - Robert F. Kennedy - 4 April 1968

I am Prepared to Die - Nelson Mandela - 20th April 1964

Rivers of Blood - Enoch Powell - April 20 1968

Resignation Address to the Nation - Richard M. Nixon - 8 August 1974

Britain Awake (The Iron Lady) - Margaret Thatcher - January 19, 1976

The Lady is Not For Turning - Margaret Thatcher - October 10, 1980

The Space Shuttle "Challenger" Tragedy Address - Ronald Reagan - 28 January 1986

Remarks at the Brandenburg Gate - Ronald Reagan - 12 June 1987, West Berlin

Farewell Address to the Nation - Ronald Reagan - 11 January 1989

Nelson Mandela's Address in Cape Town on his Release from Prison - 11 February 1990