A lot of great speeches come from sports movies, but that's not the only genre that can make us want to run through walls. Some speeches are so good it has us rooting for the bad guys. Most are by the ...

This weekend, President-elect Barack Obama prepares to begin his presidency by delivering an inaugural address. Whatever he says will become a part of history. But some parts of history endure more ...

Never give up; great things take time. This best motivational speech, featuring original content and editing by Absolute ...

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 ...

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 ...

Persuading others to adopt your message involves using a few fundamental and adaptable techniques. Throughout history, great speeches have been used to create moments that usher in important changes ...

President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. committed himself today to ending the country’s divisions. He chose to make that goal the commanding theme of his inaugural address: “We must end this uncivil war that ...

Nine-year-old Asean Johnson gives an impassioned speech against school closures in Chicago at a downtown rally on May 20, 2013 that worked the crowd into a frenzy. Asean goes to Marcus Garvey ...