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DRA: Startseite. Media in History/Other. Famous Speeches in History — Audio Online - History.com. 100 Best Speeches (USA) <div style="padding:5px; font-size:80%; width:300px; background-color:white; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; border:1px dashed gray;"> Internet Archive's<! --'--> in-browser audio player requires JavaScript to be enabled. It appears your browser does not have it turned on. Please see your browser settings for this feature. </div> 100 Best USA Speeches. This audio is part of the collection: Community AudioIt also belongs to collection: Keywords: 100 best use speeches Creative Commons license: Public Domain Individual Files. Top 100 Speeches of the 20th Century by Rank. Liberal Democrat History Group.

In Which The Best Speeches In History Inform Our Present Moment - Politics - This Recording. The Ten Best Political Speeches of All Time by ALEX CARNEVALE The art of oratory is in a strange place, as John McWhorter pointed out in a recent article in The New Republic. The shift that has taken place has been driven by technological change: Part of the difference between our era and earlier times is technology. The best political speeches of the last couple hundred years have been driven by a healthy mix of "old-style grandiloquence" and the everyday language that has now permeated most aspects of American life. Never known for his oratorical skill, John McCain has made few stirring speeches in his lifetime before a national audience. 10. Our favorite lesbian Democrat was born in the wrong generation. Jordan's keynote was a moving, energetic address. If we promise as public officials, we must deliver. We have to do that. 9. This short address to the nation after the Challenger exploded 73 seconds after its launch is one of the great short addresses by a president to the nation. 8.