No better example exists than Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address (November 19, 1863), widely considered one of the two most consequential speeches in American history (I Have A Dream).

The RSC’s John Wyver takes a further look at some of the most memorable, classic and timeless Shakespeare speeches.

But some speeches have been so powerful, moving or important that the feelings stuck with us long after the applause stopped. What makes a great ESPYS speech? To understand this, we went beyond ...

Smithsonian's National Museum of American History These addresses are more than just a series of individual speeches. Rhetoric scholars Karlyn Kohrs Campbell and Kathleen Hall Jamieson argue ...