Great orators
 

I admire great orators because everyone has the opportunity to practice on speaking well but most fall short. I just watched MLK's "I Have A Dream " speech and am in awe of his delivery and presence; I even got goosebumps. I can't imagine [and feel quite jealous] of what an African-American person feels listening to the speech.

There is also something about Ronald Reagan's voice; it makes me want to listen to his speeches despite not caring what he has to say.

Does anyone else have a clip or description of a speech they enjoy?

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Josiah Bartlet was pretty good.

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There was a recent thread in TLDR that linked to American Rhetoric's Top 100 Speeches list.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOPuUlpp238

This is a very famous speech from 1964 at Berkeley that took place before a Free Speech sit-in. I first came across this speech at UCLA during an agitational communications class with Professor Von Blum.

Also, The Ballot or the Bullet is an amazing speech and well worth taking the time to listen to.

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Oratory Skills: Hitler

Voice/Narration: Morgan Freeman, and it's not close

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heh knew exactly what clip that would be without clicking it. good speech, nice example of a little thing i like to call cadence.

clinton was really good imo

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Kofi Annan.

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I've always liked Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman?".

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Bill Clinton is the best I've ever seen.

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