Speech 40: Elie Wiesel: The Perils of Indifference
Elie Wiesel delivered a breathtaking speech at the White House on the 12th of April 1999. His message combined his own experience of the holocaust and the evil of apathy. “The opposite of love is not hatred, it’s indifference… Even hatred at times may elicit a...
Speech 39: Nellie McClung (Should Men Vote?)
“Manhood suffrage would plunge our fair province into a perfect debauchery of extravagance, a perfect nightmare of expense…” Nellie McClung, the Canadian author and suffragist, delivered a satirical address in a mock parliament performance, turning...
Speech 38: Abraham Lincoln – Gettysburg Address
Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, delivered on the 19th of November 1863 remains one of the most impactful speeches of all time. Perhaps the most impressive use of so few words the world has ever seen. “Four score and seven years ago our...
