Best Political Speeches

[Јas]

Don't know if this has been done already...but hey, here goes.
Which political speech or speeches are your favourites?
Might run a poll after a while to see what the forum's favourite is.

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Gettysburg Address

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

Don't know if this has been done already...but hey, here goes.
Which political speech or speeches are your favourites?
Might run a poll after a while to see what the forum's favourite is.

Hmmmm.

John. F. Kennedy - Commencement Speech at the American University - 1963
Robert F. Kennedy - On Violence in America - 1968
Ted Kennedy - Concession speech at Democratic Convention - 1980

Say what you will about those Kennedy's they knew a good speech.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Farewell Address (Washington, 1797)
Gettysburg Address (Lincoln, 1863)
"Cross of Gold" Speech (William Jennings Bryan,1896)
1st Inaugural Address (FDR, 1933)
"Every Man a King" (Long, 1934)
"We Shall Fight from the Beaches" (Churhill, 1940)
"Iron Curtain" (Churchill, 1946)
DNC Speech (Humphrey, 1948)
Inuagural Address (Kennedy, 1961)
"We Shall Overcome" (LBJ, 1964)

[Speed of Sound]

WWI Speech at Canton, OH (Debs, 1918)

[Serenity Now]

I actually really like Charlie Chaplin's speech at the end of 'The Great Dictator', not so much because I agree with everything he says in it, but because of the context and time at which he said it..

Here it is on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcvjoWOwnn4