"Of all the talents bestowed upon men, none is so precious as the gift of oratory. He who enjoys it wields a power more durable than that of a great king. He is an independent force in the world. Abandoned by his party, betrayed by his friends, stripped of his offices, whoever can command this power is still formidable."
Winston Churchill is widely considered to be one of the greatest speakers of the 20th century. Among his most famous speeches were those in 1940 when Churchill rallied a nation with his words and optimism.
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1890-1899
The Influenza
Churchill Letter to Churchill
1900-1909
Churchill Letter to Rhodes
1910-1919
Churchill's 1919 War Office Memorandum
1920-1929
Bolshevism and Imperial Sedition
Mass Effects in Modern Life
1930-1939
Fifty Years Hence
Penny-in-the-Slot Politics
Abdication of King Edward VII
I Have Watched This Famous Island (Danube Basin)
Disaster of the First Magnitude (Munich)
The Lights are Going Out (We Must Arm)
A Hush Over Europe
War Speech
A House of Many Mansions (20 Jan 1940)
Churchill's First Radio Address as Prime Minister (10 May 1940)
Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat (13 May 1940)
Be Ye Men of Valour (19 May 1940)
We Shall Fight on the Beaches (4 June 1940)
Their Finest Hour (18 June 1940)
War of the Unknown Warriors (14 July 1940)
The Few (20 Aug 1940)
Every Man to His Post (11 Sept 1940)
Neville Chamberlain (12 Nov 1940)
Franklin D. Roosevelt to Winston Churchill (5 Mar 1940)
Franklin D. Roosevelt to Winston Churchill (5 Mar 1940)
Franklin D. Roosevelt to Winston Churchill (30 May 1940)
Franklin D. Roosevelt to Winston Churchill (13 June 1940)
Franklin D. Roosevelt to Winston Churchill (19 Aug 1940)
Winston Churchill to Franklin D. Roosevelt (16 Nov 1940)
Winston Churchill to Franklin D. Roosevelt (23 Nov 1940)
Winston Churchill to Franklin D. Roosevelt (Dece 1940)
Alterations to Winston Churchill to Franklin D. Roosevelt (7 Dec 1940)
1941
Churchill's Broadcast on the Soviet-German War
Some Chicken; Some Neck
The Old Lion
Give Us the Tools
The Fourth Climacteric
Do Your Worst; We'll Do Our Best
Never Give In, Never, Never, Never
Christmas Message
Address to Joint Session of US Congress
1945
Churchill announces the Surrender of Germany
Victory in Europe
1946
★ Sinews of Peace (Iron Curtain)
1949
MIT Mid-Century Convocation
The Council of Europe
“Leave the past to history especially as I propose to write that history myself.”
