Here you can find examples of famous and impactful speeches. Listen to them, analyze them and decide on what makes a good speech.

Marc Anthony's speech in Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

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The Gettysburg address, Abraham Lincoln

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We shall fight on the beaches, Winston Churchill

Never has so much..., Winston Churchill

Blood, toil, sweat..., Winston Churchill

I have a dream, Martin Luther King

Ask not what your country..., J.F. Kennedy

Ich bin ein Berliner, J.F. Kennedy

Mr. Gorbachev..., Ronald Reagan

The wreckers in our midst, Margaret Thatcher

The lady's not for turning, Margaret Thatcher

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Nelson Mandela

Victory speech, Barack Obama

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Bill Gates at Harvard

Steve Jobs at Stanford