I have become a fan speaking. As a result, I have started a collection of what I will call the Greatest Speeches. If we have a text, audio or video of any of them, I will post them here. If you have a great speech that I have left off here, please let me know by commenting at the bottom of the page. Additionally, if you have the link or links, I would appreciate this.
| The Great Speeches | ||
| Author | Description of Speech | Date |
| Abraham Lincoln | The Gettysburg Address | Nov. 19, 1863 |
| Abraham Lincoln | A House Divided | June16, 1858 |
| Alfred Tennyson | Ulysses | 1833 |
| Benjamin Franklin | On The Constitution | 1787 |
| Harold Ickes | What is an American? | May 18, 1941 |
| John F. Kennedy | Inaugural Address | Jan. 20, 1961 |
| Lou Gehrig | Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth | July 4, 1939 |
| Lyndon B. Johnson | We Shall Overcome | March 15, 1965 |
| Martin Luther King, JR | I have a Dream | Aug. 28, 1963 |
| Martin Luther King, JR | I’ve Been to the Mountaintop | Apr. 3, 1968 |
| Ralph W. Emerson | Self Reliance | 1841 |
| Ronald Reagan | Tear Down This Wall | June 12, 1987 |
| Russell H. Conwell | Acres of Diamonds | 1900 – 1925 |
| Susan B. Anthony | On Women’s Right to Vote | 1873 |
| Vince Lombardi | Number One | 1970 |
| Winston Churchill | Never Give In | Oct. 29, 1941 |
