Speeches that Changed the World

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Comprehensively updated, this collection includes many new speeches such as Earl Spencer's tribute to Diana, Nikita Khrushchev's 1956 secret speech marking the decline of Stalinist Russia, Patrick Pearse's stirring funeral oration that ignited the Easter Rising, Kevin Rudd's apology to Australia's mistreated Aborigines, and Barack Obama's historic election night victory speech. The anthology also features the powerful war cries of Winston Churchill, Martin Luther King's iconic "I have a dream" and "I've seen the promised land," as well as inspiring words from JFK and impassioned pleas from Nelson Mandela during his trial in 1964 and upon becoming president in 1994. Additionally, it includes historic speeches from figures like Elizabeth I, Charles I, Oliver Cromwell, George Washington, Napoleon Bonaparte, Abraham Lincoln, Emmeline Pankhurst, Mahatma Gandhi, and many others. Presenting over 50 significant and thought-provoking speeches, the collection offers a brief biography of each speaker while detailing the importance of each oration and its aftermath. This work provides a gripping history of the world through its most impassioned speeches.