Throughout history, the human voice has been a powerful weapon for change. These are seven of the most influential speeches ever given.

1. 7 Speeches that Changed the World

2. Throughout history, the human voice has
been a powerful weapon for change.
Here are seven of the most influential
speeches ever given.

3. To the Troops at Tilbury
Queen Elizabeth I

4. “I myself will
take up arms—I
myself will be
your general.”

5. At the 2nd
Virginia Convention
Patrick Henry

6. “I know not what
course others may
take; but as for me,
give me liberty or
give me death!”

7. Quit India
Mahatma Ghandi

8. “In the democracy
which I have
envisaged, a
democracy established
by non-violence, there
will be equal freedom
for all. Everybodywill
be his own master.”

9. Address to the U.N.
on the Universal
Declaration of
Human Rights
Eleanor Roosevelt

10. “This must be taken as
testimony… to lift men
everywhere to a higher
standard of life and to a
greater enjoyment of
freedom. Man’s desire for
peace lies behind this
Declaration.”

11. I Have a Dream
Martin Luther King, Jr.

12. “I have a dream that my
four children will one day
live in a nation where
theywill not be judged by
the color of their skin but
by the content of their
character.”

13. At the Rivonia Trial
Nelson Mandela

14. “During my lifetime I have
dedicated myself to this
struggle of the African
people… It is an ideal for
which I hope to live for and
to see realized. But, my
Lord, if it needs be, it is an
ideal forwhich I am
prepared to die.”

15. At the Brandenburg Gate
Ronald Reagan

16. “Mr. Gorbachev, tear
down this wall!”

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