July 28

Speeches

SPEECHES FROM PEOPLE IN SOCIETY (Non-fiction)

Paul_Keating_-_2007Remembrance Day Speech by Paul Keating, Prime Minister, at the funeral service of the Unknown Australian Soldier, 11 November 1993. Remembrance Day Speech on YouTube.

The Redfern Address a speech by Paul Keating, Prime Minister 1992.

The Redfern Address on YouTube, Part 1 and Part 2

Aung San Suu Kyi Acceptance of the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize in 2012

ObamaBarack Obama – The speech that made Obama president

Barack Obama – ‘Yes We Can’ speech

Bill Gates’ Speech at Harvard

25 Iconic Speeches (Video clips of some of the most famous speeches in history)

Stolen Generations Apology speech by Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister. On February 13, 2008 “Sorry Day”, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd addresses the Australian House of Commons, apologizing for the government programs which took children from Aboriginal families, the “stolen generations”. Copy of the speech.

Australian War Memorial – Talks and speeches page (contains several pages of speeches)

Randy Pasch – Dying College Professor Gives Inspiring Speech

 

SPEECHES (Monologues) – characters in plays and films (Fiction)

Al Pacino as Mr Slade in ‘Scent of a Woman’

‘A Few Good Men’ – Courtroom scene

Best Shakespeare Monologues

12 Unforgettably Inspirational Film Monologues

The Greatest Inspirational Speeches in Movies Of All Time

List of movies having the order as shown below:
– Intro – Now you see Me (2013);
– The Great Dictator (1940);
– Network (1976);
– Rudy (1993);
– Scent of a Woman (1992);
– Good Will Hunting (1997);
– Deep Blue Sea (1999);
– Any Given Sunday (1999);
– The Pursuit of Happyness (2006);
– Rocky Balboa (2006);
– The Blind Side (2009).

Bruce Willis – ‘Moonlighting’