These speeches lifted hearts in dark times, gave hope in despair, refined the characters of men, inspired brave feats, gave courage to the weary, honored the dead, and changed the course of history. It is my desire that this library will become a lasting resource not only to those who wish to become great orators, but to all men who wisely seek out the great mentors of history as guides on the path to virtuous manhood.
I know that readers of blogs are often more likely to skim than to read in-depth. But I challenge you, gentlemen, to attempt a program of study in which you read the entirety of one of these great speeches each and every day. I found the process of compiling and reading these speeches to be enormously inspiring and edifying, and I feel confident that you will find them equally so.
Sorry, but I think this is boring and biased. You can easily see that the guy who wrote this article is from the US of A. I believe there are about 15 American Presidents listed. Only an American citizen would add so many American President to the list of famous speeches. Two presidents on that list would have been ok, but not this amount. What about speeches in France, China, Japan, Germany, Spain, Italy…? The editor probably doesn’t even know them. The list as such is unfortunately of no value at all.