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What's on your Mt. Rushmore of speeches?
Posted on 2/26/26 at 7:25 am
Posted on 2/26/26 at 7:25 am
I was thinking:
The Gettysburg Address - Lincoln
I Have a Dream - MLK
We Shall Fight on the Beaches - Churchill
Give Me Liberty, Or Give Me Death - Patrick Henry
The first two are locks. After that, I feel like you could slot in Reagan's speech at the Brandenburg Gate, a few different JFK speeches, and I'm sure there are plenty more.
What's the OT got?
The Gettysburg Address - Lincoln
I Have a Dream - MLK
We Shall Fight on the Beaches - Churchill
Give Me Liberty, Or Give Me Death - Patrick Henry
The first two are locks. After that, I feel like you could slot in Reagan's speech at the Brandenburg Gate, a few different JFK speeches, and I'm sure there are plenty more.
What's the OT got?
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Posted on 2/26/26 at 7:25 am to Ingeniero
"I'm a man I'm 40" isnt on your Rushmore so your list is wrong
This post was edited on 2/26/26 at 7:26 am
Posted on 2/26/26 at 7:27 am to Ingeniero
I like We Shall Fight On The Beaches where Churchill says America is going to save our arse
quote:
we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender, and even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this Island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, would carry on the struggle, until, in God’s good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old.
Posted on 2/26/26 at 7:28 am to Ingeniero
We shall fight on the beaches was damn good. Churchill was an orator.
Posted on 2/26/26 at 7:28 am to Ingeniero
FDR's speech to Congress on Dec 8th 1941 was amazing.
Posted on 2/26/26 at 7:31 am to Ingeniero
It’s short, and there isn’t a whole lot to it historically, but Lou Gehrig’s “Today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth” speech always gets me.
This post was edited on 2/26/26 at 7:38 am
Posted on 2/26/26 at 7:33 am to Ingeniero
Posted on 2/26/26 at 7:36 am to Ingeniero
General Patton to the 3rd army june 5th 1944 before the invasion of France.
Legendary
Legendary
Posted on 2/26/26 at 7:36 am to Ingeniero
quote:
Give Me Liberty, Or Give Me Death - Patrick Henry
The GOAT
Posted on 2/26/26 at 7:36 am to Ingeniero
quote:
The Gettysburg Address - Lincoln
I Have a Dream - MLK
We Shall Fight on the Beaches - Churchill
Give Me Liberty, Or Give Me Death - Patrick Henry
Lincoln was a dirt bag as was Michael King. If you're just talking oratory and pathos, heck throw in Adolf. Evil but skilled.
Maybe Ike's talk to the troops before D-Day should be considered.
ETA: I gave a few speeches to my kids when teens that merit honorable mention.
This post was edited on 2/26/26 at 7:48 am
Posted on 2/26/26 at 7:39 am to Ingeniero
Teddy Roosevelt’s “man in the arena”
Posted on 2/26/26 at 7:44 am to Emteein
Posted on 2/26/26 at 7:47 am to Ingeniero
quote:
The Gettysburg Address - Lincoln
I Have a Dream - MLK
We Shall Fight on the Beaches - Churchill
Give Me Liberty, Or Give Me Death - Patrick Henry
Great list! A couple honorable mentions maybe...
MacArthur farewell speech to West Point
Kennedy Inaguration speech
Posted on 2/26/26 at 7:47 am to Ingeniero
Posted on 2/26/26 at 7:50 am to Ingeniero
Gotta have Jim Valvano’s Don’t Ever Give Up speech.
Posted on 2/26/26 at 7:53 am to Ingeniero
Jimmy V
Stuart Scott
Augie Garrido after an embarrassing loss
Al Pacino halftime speech in Any Given Sunday
Just off the top of my head.
Stuart Scott
Augie Garrido after an embarrassing loss
Al Pacino halftime speech in Any Given Sunday
Just off the top of my head.
Posted on 2/26/26 at 7:55 am to Ingeniero
Marco Rubio's recent
speech at Munich.
speech at Munich.
Posted on 2/26/26 at 7:59 am to Ingeniero
Derek Dooley ranting about shower etiquette.
Posted on 2/26/26 at 8:11 am to Ingeniero
Regan's speech at a campaign event for Goldwater - "A Time for Choosing".
From Oct. 1964. Still meaningful today.
From Oct. 1964. Still meaningful today.
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