A great speech is something that combines persuasive writing, comfort with public speaking (something that I know that I personally need to work on), and a meaningful message to create an impression ...

Our appreciation and respect for Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is enhanced by an awareness of the fascinating ...

Alexander the Great is one of the most extraordinary individuals in history. He became king of the fringe Greek kingdom of Macedonia in 336 BC at the age of just 20, and before his death twelve years ...

Great political speeches in American history crystallize issues, pack a cogent moral punch and provide guideposts for human improvement. Think of President Abraham Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address” ...

Editor: Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is doubtless one of the greatest speeches in world history. Short yet poignant, the speech delivered over 150 years ago still calls out to us today. He ...

Frederick Douglass was born into slavery, so he never knew the exact date of his birth, only that it occurred sometime in February 1818. This means that Douglass was only thirty-four years old when he ...

On Nov. 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln made one of the greatest speeches in history, at the Gettysburg battlefield in Pennsylvania. One line from the Gettysburg Address is the pinnacle description of what ...

Touted as one of the greatest presidential speeches in American history, Ronald Reagan’s words on the Fourth Of July in 1986 in front of the Statue of Liberty are as relevant today as they ever were: ...