What is the greatest speech of all time?

Answer 1

I believe the greatest speech of all time is Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address....

"Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. "

Perfect, all things considered. Such a short speech, yet so eloquent, and perfect for that time. Lincoln's greatest gift was to know what to say and when to say it. His inauguaration speeches are proof. But the Gettysburg address is different. It is basically a treatise for the future of the entire country, as well as a rememberance for what has happened before. We can still take meaning from the Gettysburg address, and we should.

Answer 2

The greatest, and most quoted "speech" of all time would be the Sermon on the Mount by Jesus. You don't to be a Christian to have heard parts of it. It has been the basis of much of western thought for 2000 years. Although I am a Christian, one does not have to be a Christian to recognize the impact of his words.

Answer 3

I personally tink the greatest speeches were of MLK Jr and Abraham Lincoln

Answer 4

Speech of the Hujjat ul Wedaa (Last Hajj)
by the Last and Final Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

I bet this is the best human rights decration of the word for ever. Just keep the bias a side and read it once.

Answer 5

The I have a dream speech by Dr. Martin Luther King.

Answer 6

Lemme see the contenders:

Churchill's "this was their finest hour speach"
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
JFK " ask not what your country can do for you...."
MLK "i have a dream today"
Armistead's speech to his division prior to attacking Cemetery Ridge "For Ol Virginia!"
I never seen Washington's farewell address, so i can't comment
FDR's address to Congress "day of infamy..."
Eisenhower's "the eyes of the world are upon you...." prior to D-day

Answer 7

George Washington Farewell Address cerca 1798...

The man was eery...his predictions and direction were uncanny. His words were sparklingly clear and concise, yet of a high brow and education second to none.

He was our founding father for a reason, yet all that the media driven educators focus on is the myth of a cherry tree. Sad really. If you haven't read his words you are missing a true pleasure of a humbling.

Answer 8

Martin Luther King - I have a dream
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

But the "Ich bin mein berliner" speech by JFK is actually "Ich bin ein Berliner".

Answer 9

Gettysburg Address, I Have a Dream, and Washington's Farewell Address are all awesome responses! My vote would have to be for the Gettysburg Address though because it packed so much power into so few words.

Answer 10

Sawi Vivekananda's CHICAGO SPEECH on the topic '0' for 8 hours