De top 100 beste, bekendste en meest invloedrijke speeches van de 20ste eeuw. Zeer bekende speeches als “I have a dream” en “We shall overcome” in een top 100 van geweldige teksten, speeches en presentaties van bekende wereldleiders. De top 100 beste, bekendste en meest invloedrijke speeches overzicht online:
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Rank |
Speaker |
Title/Text/MultiMedia |
Audio |
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1 |
Martin Luther King, Jr. | “I Have A Dream” | |
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2 |
John Fitzgerald Kennedy | Inaugural Address | |
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3 |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt | First Inaugural Address | |
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4 |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt | Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation | |
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5 |
Barbara Charline Jordan | 1976 DNC Keynote Address | |
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6 |
Richard Milhous Nixon | “Checkers” | |
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7 |
Malcolm X | “The Ballot or the Bullet” | |
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8 |
Ronald Wilson Reagan | Shuttle ”Challenger” Disaster Address | |
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9 |
John Fitzgerald Kennedy | Houston Ministerial Association Speech | |
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10 |
Lyndon Baines Johnson | “We Shall Overcome” | |
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11 |
Mario Matthew Cuomo | 1984 DNC Keynote Address | |
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12 |
Jesse Louis Jackson | 1984 DNC Address | |
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13 |
Barbara Charline Jordan | Statement on the Articles of Impeachment | |
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14 |
(General) Douglas MacArthur | Farewell Address to Congress | |
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15 |
Martin Luther King, Jr. | “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” | |
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16 |
Theodore Roosevelt | “The Man with the Muck-rake” | |
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17 |
Robert Francis Kennedy | Remarks on the Assassination of MLK | |
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18 |
Dwight David Eisenhower | Farewell Address | |
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19 |
Thomas Woodrow Wilson | War Message | |
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20 |
(General) Douglas MacArthur | “Duty, Honor, Country” | |
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21 |
Richard Milhous Nixon | “The Great Silent Majority” | |
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22 |
John Fitzgerald Kennedy | “Ich bin ein Berliner” | |
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23 |
Clarence Seward Darrow | “Mercy for Leopold and Loeb” | |
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24 |
Russell H. Conwell | “Acres of Diamonds” | |
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25 |
Ronald Wilson Reagan | “A Time for Choosing” | |
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26 |
Huey Pierce Long | “Every Man a King” | |
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27 |
Anna Howard Shaw | “The Fundamental Principle of a Republic” | |
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28 |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt | “The Arsenal of Democracy” | |
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29 |
Ronald Wilson Reagan | “The Evil Empire” | |
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30 |
Ronald Wilson Reagan | First Inaugural Address | |
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31 |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt | First Fireside Chat | |
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32 |
Harry S. Truman | “The Truman Doctrine” | |
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33 |
William Cuthbert Faulkner | Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech | |
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34 |
Eugene Victor Debs | 1918 Statement to the Court | |
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35 |
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton | “Women’s Rights are Human Rights” | |
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36 |
Dwight David Eisenhower | “Atoms for Peace” | |
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37 |
John Fitzgerald Kennedy | American University Commencement Address | |
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38 |
Dorothy Ann Willis Richards | 1988 DNC Keynote Address | |
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39 |
Richard Milhous Nixon | Resignation Speech | |
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40 |
Thomas Woodrow Wilson | “The Fourteen Points” | |
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41 |
Margaret Chase Smith | “Declaration of Conscience” | |
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42 |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt | “The Four Freedoms” | |
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43 |
Martin Luther King, Jr. | “A Time to Break Silence” | |
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44 |
Mary Church Terrell | “What it Means to be Colored in the…U.S.” | |
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45 |
William Jennings Bryan | “Against Imperialism” | |
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46 |
Margaret Higgins Sanger | “The Morality of Birth Control” | |
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47 |
Barbara Pierce Bush | 1990 Wellesley College Commencement Address | |
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48 |
John Fitzgerald Kennedy | Civil Rights Address | |
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49 |
John Fitzgerald Kennedy | Cuban Missile Crisis Address | |
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50 |
Spiro Theodore Agnew | “Television News Coverage” | |
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51 |
Jesse Louis Jackson | 1988 DNC Address | |
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52 |
Mary Fisher | “A Whisper of AIDS” | |
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53 |
Lyndon Baines Johnson | “The Great Society” | |
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54 |
George Catlett Marshall | “The Marshall Plan” | |
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55 |
Edward Moore Kennedy | “Truth and Tolerance in America” | |
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56 |
Adlai Ewing Stevenson | Presidential Nomination Acceptance Address | |
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57 |
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt | “The Struggle for Human Rights” | |
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58 |
Geraldine Anne Ferraro | Vice-Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech | |
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59 |
Robert Marion La Follette | “Free Speech in Wartime” | |
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60 |
Ronald Wilson Reagan | 40th Anniversary of D-Day Address | |
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61 |
Mario Matthew Cuomo | “Religious Belief and Public Morality” | |
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62 |
Edward Moore Kennedy | “Chappaquiddick” | |
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63 |
John Llewellyn Lewis | “The Rights of Labor” | |
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64 |
Barry Morris Goldwater | Presidential Nomination Acceptance Address | |
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65 |
Stokely Carmichael | “Black Power” | |
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66 |
Hubert Horatio Humphrey | 1948 DNC Address | |
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67 |
Emma Goldman | Address to the Jury | |
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68 |
Carrie Chapman Catt | “The Crisis” | |
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69 |
Newton Norman Minow | “Television and the Public Interest” | |
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70 |
Edward Moore Kennedy | Eulogy for Robert Francis Kennedy | |
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71 |
Anita Faye Hill | Statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee | |
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72 |
Thomas Woodrow Wilson | League of Nations Final Address | |
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73 |
Henry Louis (“Lou”) Gehrig | Farewell to Baseball Address | |
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74 |
Richard Milhous Nixon | Cambodian Incursion Address | |
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75 |
Carrie Chapman Catt | Address to the U.S. Congress | |
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76 |
Edward Moore Kennedy | 1980 DNC Address | |
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77 |
Lyndon Baines Johnson | On Vietnam and Not Seeking Re-Election | |
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78 |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt | Commonwealth Club Address | |
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79 |
Thomas Woodrow Wilson | First Inaugural Address | |
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80 |
Mario Savio | “Sproul Hall Sit-in Speech/An End to History” | |
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81 |
Elizabeth Glaser | 1992 DNC Address |
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82 |
Eugene Victor Debs | “The Issue” | |
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83 |
Margaret Higgins Sanger | “Children’s Era” | |
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84 |
Ursula Kroeber Le Guin | “A Left-Handed Commencement Address” | |
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85 |
Crystal Eastman | “Now We Can Begin” | |
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86 |
Huey Pierce Long | “Share Our Wealth” | |
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87 |
Gerald Rudolph Ford | Address on Taking the Oath of Office |
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88 |
Cesar Estrada Chavez | Speech on Ending His 25 Day Fast | |
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89 |
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn | Statement at the Smith Act Trial | |
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90 |
Jimmy Earl Carter | “A Crisis of Confidence” |
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91 |
Malcolm X | “Message to the Grassroots” |
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92 |
William Jefferson Clinton | Oklahoma Bombing Memorial Address |
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93 |
Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm | “For the Equal Rights Amendment” | |
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94 |
Ronald Wilson Reagan | Brandenburg Gate Address |
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95 |
Eliezer (“Elie”) Wiesel | “The Perils of Indifference” |
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96 |
Gerald Rudolph Ford | National Address Pardoning Richard M. Nixon |
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97 |
Thomas Woodrow Wilson | “For the League of Nations” | |
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98 |
Lyndon Baines Johnson | “Let Us Continue” |
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99 |
Joseph N. Welch | “Have You No Sense of Decency” |
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100 |
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt | Adopting the Declaration of Human Rights |
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