Famous Historical Speeches

by Martin Luther King Jr.

August 28, 1963 • March on Washington

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We...

by John F. Kennedy

January 20, 1961 • Presidential Inauguration

In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending fre...

by Winston Churchill

May 13, 1940 • First Speech as Prime Minister

I would say to the House, as I said to those who have joined this government: I have nothing to offe...

by Abraham Lincoln

November 19, 1863 • Gettysburg Address

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived ...

by Winston Churchill

June 4, 1940 • House of Commons Speech

Even though large tracts of Europe and many old and famous States have fallen or may fall into the g...

by Steve Jobs

June 12, 2005 • Stanford University Commencement

I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You've got to find...

by John F. Kennedy

September 12, 1962 • Rice University Speech

We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but b...

by Malcolm X

April 3, 1964 • Cory Methodist Church, Cleveland

The question tonight, as I understand it, is 'The Negro Revolt, and Where Do We Go From Here?' or 'W...

by Mahatma Gandhi

August 8, 1942 • All-India Congress Committee

Here is a mantra, a short one, that I give you. You may imprint it on your hearts and let every brea...

by Martin Luther King Jr.

April 4, 1967 • Riverside Church, New York

I come to this magnificent house of worship tonight because my conscience leaves me no other choice....

by Theodore Roosevelt

April 23, 1910 • Sorbonne University, Paris

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where th...

by Mother Teresa

December 10, 1979 • Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony

I choose the poverty of our poor people. But I am grateful to receive it in the name of the hungry, ...

by Barack Obama

November 4, 2008 • Presidential Election Victory Speech

If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible,...

by Steve Jobs

1997 • Apple Advertisement Campaign

Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square h...

by Lou Gehrig

July 4, 1939 • Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day

Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about the bad break I got. Yet today I consider m...

by Steve Jobs

June 12, 2005 • Stanford Commencement

You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have...

by Barack Obama

March 18, 2008 • Speech on Race Relations

I have asserted a firm conviction – a conviction rooted in my faith in God and my faith in the Ameri...

by Herb Brooks

February 22, 1980 • US Olympic Hockey Team Locker Room

Great moments are born from great opportunity. And that's what you have here tonight, boys. That's w...

by Albert Einstein

1929 • Interview with George Sylvester Viereck

Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and unders...

by Carol Dweck

2014 • TED Talk

I heard about a high school in Chicago where students had to pass a certain number of courses to gra...