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This list of speeches includes those that have gained notability in English or in English translation. The earliest listings may be approximate dates. The earliest listings may be approximate dates. Before the 1st century
The speech made Time magazine's "Top 10 Greatest Speeches List" [20] and was written by Peter Robinson. [38] West Berlin 1988: January 25: 1988 State of the Union Address. This was Reagan's last State of the Union Address. Not content to rest on his laurels, he announced a policy agenda.
Speech written by Cato arguing that religious works should be publicly available and not held in private collections. Cato the Elder Uncertain date [86] [87] Speech by Gaius Calpurnius Piso against Domitius Afer Piso attacked Domitius Afer's character. Gaius Calpurnius Piso: Uncertain date [88] Speeches by Gaius Septimius Severus Aper against poets
Aspasia's writings do not remain, but she is mentioned by writers such as Plato in regard to her contributions to rhetoric. She also said to have taught other women how to carry themselves and speak to groups of people intelligently. Aspasia was a great rhetor and was said to have written the famous speech given at Pericles' funeral.
Stanton went on to write many important documents and speeches of the women's rights movement. Declaration of Sentiments (1848) The Solitude of Self (1892) Maria W. Stewart (1803–1879) African American public speaker, abolitionist, and feminist. Her speeches addressed the plight of Northern black people and drew arguments from the Scriptures.
The days event's included speeches from the likes of John Lewis, a civil rights activist who currently serves as a U.S. congressman more than 50 years later, Mrs. Medgar Evers, whose husband had ...
In 427 BC, another Sicilian named Gorgias of Leontini visited Athens and gave a speech which dazzled the citizens. Gorgias’s "intellectual" approach to oratory, which included new ideas, forms of expression, and methods of argument, was continued by Isocrates , a 4th-century BC educator and rhetorician.
The Logoi, the famous speeches by Demosthenes, in a 1570 edition, in Greek surrounded by Greek commentary, amongst other works of the period. Demosthenes (Greek: Δημοσθένης; 384–322 BC) was a prominent Greek statesman and orator of ancient Athens.