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Great Speeches in History
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From Socrates to Charles I, Danton to Lincoln—here are some of history’s most significant figures with their most important speeches. Fighting for justice, for freedom of speech, and sometimes even for their own lives, these orators demonstrate the finest resources of language in the service of the most dramatic issues of their day.
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Great Speeches in History
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Socrates - 399 BC
00:11:47
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Demosthenes - 330 BC
00:14:08
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Cicero - 63BC
00:11:12
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William Of Normandy - 1066
00:03:10
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John Ball - 1381
00:02:25
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Martin Luther - 1521
00:06:09
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Sir Thomas More - 1535
00:07:14
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Queen Elizabeth I - 1588
00:03:24
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Queen Elizabeth I - 1601
00:06:09
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King Charles I - 1649
00:07:01
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Oliver Cromwell - 1653
00:02:23
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William Pitt The Elder - 1741
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Great Speeches in History
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Edmund Burke - 1744
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Patrick Henry - 1775
00:07:08
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Samuel Adams - 1776
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William Pitt The Younger - 1792
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Thomas Erskine - 1792
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Georges Danton - 1793
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Charles James Fox - 1795
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George Canning - 1798
00:02:53
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Robert Emmett - 1802
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Lord Macaulay - 1831
00:03:55
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John Bright - 1855
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Abraham Lincoln - 1863
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Emile Zola - 1898
00:08:42
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Emmeline Pankhurst - 1912
00:08:22
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Total Playing Time:
02:38:27
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