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  • pk500
    All Star
    • Jul 2002
    • 8062

    #16
    Re: Greatest Speech in History

    Originally posted by eXperiment63
    Well then... You must feel that GW has a ton of GREAT speeches then. I mean, he has had boatloads of important ones, very important ones.
    Truth also is a key component of greatness and importance, so you can discount GW right there.

    P.S.: I'm assuming by GW you mean Bush, not George Washington.

    Take care,
    PK
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    • pk500
      All Star
      • Jul 2002
      • 8062

      #17
      Re: Greatest Speech in History

      Originally posted by JRod
      JFK's inaugural address is on the top of the list.
      You mean, "Ask not what a job can do for your hand, but what a hand job can do for you ... "



      Take care,
      PK
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      • sva91
        MVP
        • Feb 2005
        • 2019

        #18
        Re: Greatest Speech in History

        Bill Parcells championship speech he made on monday. But seriously i dont think anything can beat MLK's "I have a dream". If you look at how many people were there, its just amazing.

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        • SPTO
          binging
          • Feb 2003
          • 68046

          #19
          Re: Greatest Speech in History

          Several speeches jump to mind immediately for me.

          As PK said the three Gold Standard speeches are MLK, Lincoln and Churchill's speeches that he mentioned. You just can't top those.

          Other great speeches in my mind are:

          - FDR's 1934 inaugural "There's nothing to fear but fear itself"

          - FDR's "I hate War" speech (I believe in 1940?)

          - Not necessarily the whole speech but a quote from Tommy Douglas that really touches me:

          "Man can now fly in the air like a bird, swim under the ocean like a fish, he can burrow into the ground like a mole. Now if only he could walk the earth like a man, this would be paradise."


          As for more recent day speeches, there hasn't been one that has had truly great impact just yet but I truly love Barack Obama's speech at the '04 DNC. It was his coming out party and I believe Obama has a great future. (altho the talk of him running for Prez in '08 seems a bit premature for my tastes)
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          • TarHeelBorn
            Pro
            • Nov 2002
            • 460

            #20
            Re: Greatest Speech in History

            While it might not be the greatest or whatever one ive always liked was W's speech he gave at the WTC with the firefighter when people were shouting about how they couldnt hear him and he said "I can hear you and soon the people who did this will hear all of us."
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            • SPTO
              binging
              • Feb 2003
              • 68046

              #21
              Re: Greatest Speech in History

              More great speeches just came to mind:

              - Barry Goldwater's acceptance speech at the 1964 RNC. This is the speech that contains the famous quote:

              “I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.”

              The last part of that quotation almost always gets left out when people talk about him. Anywho this speech and later the '64 Presidential race gave birth to the Modern Conservative Movement.

              - LBJ's "Great Society" speech at the Johns Hopkins University in I belive 1965.

              - Nixon's "Checkers" Speech in '56

              - Chamberlain's "peace in our time" statement/speech after the Nuremburg Agreement with Hitler
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              • SPTO
                binging
                • Feb 2003
                • 68046

                #22
                Re: Greatest Speech in History

                BTW here's Obama's speech if you've never seen it

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                "Baseball is the most important thing that doesn't matter at all" - Robert B. Parker

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                • USF11
                  C*rr*ntly *n L*f* T*lt
                  • Jun 2003
                  • 4245

                  #23
                  Re: Greatest Speech in History

                  Originally posted by SPTO
                  BTW here's Obama's speech if you've never seen it

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                  I wouldnt buy a used car from THAT guy.
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                  • SPTO
                    binging
                    • Feb 2003
                    • 68046

                    #24
                    Re: Greatest Speech in History

                    Originally posted by USF11
                    I wouldnt buy a used car from THAT guy.
                    Care to elaborate? If it's too political then just PM me your answer.

                    I think he's very charismastic and as that speech proved (to me at least) he knew how to invoke the early '60s idealism while still being very modern. I love the portion of the speech about the Red States and Blue States.
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