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...
Speech 37: Oprah Winfrey (their time is up)
Oprah Winfrey was given a lifetime achievement award at the Golden Globes on 7 January 2018. She used this occasion, and her powerful platform to make a stand. “For too long women have not been heard or believed if they dared to speak their truth to the power...
Speech 36: John F. Kennedy (we choose to go to the moon)
This iconic speech is a beautiful display of oratory and leadership. “We choose to go to the moon” On a baking hot day in September 1962, President John F. Kennedy spoke to an assembled crowd at Rice Stadium in Houston Texas. His mission was...
Speech 35: Emma Watson (UN Women’s HeForShe Campaign)
Emma Watson, British actor and UN Women Goodwill Ambassador, co-hosts a special event for UN Women’s HeForShe campaign in 2014. She delivered a heartfelt and well-considered address at the official UN event. As one YouTube commentator noted, 1000 points to...
Speech 34: Nelson Mandela (An ideal for which I am prepared to die)
On the 20th of April 1964 Nelson Mandela delivered a powerful, restrained and poignant speech at his trial. “An ideal for which I am prepared to die” The words of Nelson Mandela’s speech made at his own trial on April 20th 1964 are...
Speech 33: Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Argument in Frontiero v Richardson)
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, US Supreme Court Justice dies at 87. Her legacy as the notorious RBG is replete with stories of accomplishment throughout her legal career. When sworn in as US Supreme Court Justice in 1996, Bill Clinton remarked that Ruth Bader Ginsburg had...
