Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech certainly ranks highly in the pantheon of public speaking. Here is a look at the Dream speech and other addresses that moved people – and history.

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In a political world defined by escalating confrontation, a presidential inaugural is one of the few times we slow down and listen together as fellow citizens. These are the words that begin to define ...

Fifty years ago Martin Luther King stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and declared: "I have a dream." His words were heard, it is for once no exaggeration to say, around the world. Whole ...

Filming marginalized, disenfranchised, and downtrodden people from a privileged position brings with it complex considerations, but documenting the lives of the homeless is particularly tricky ethical ...

There have been a lot of great speeches in Israel’s history, from the orator Abba Eban (“Palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity”) to Menachem Begin’s retort to Joe Biden: “Don’t ...

Stephen E. Lucas is Evjue-Bascom Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 1999, he surveyed his peers to compile a list of the top 100 ...

The best political speeches aren't always the ones that are well-written or well-delivered, says Michael Cohen, author of Live from the Campaign Trail: The Greatest Presidential Campaign Speeches of ...

Public speaking tops many people's list of fears. It's right up there with snakes and skydiving--or so we hear. Don't believe it. Most readers of this magazine would prefer a speech to a pit of ...

Graduation days are upon us, the time when the wise and the accomplished stand before the graduates and hand down to them the special wisdom and advice they have gathered over the years. I remember ...