Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Leadership professor, job market journalist-analyst, business advisor. “The secret to a great speech,” explained Mark Twain, “is ...

From the powerful words of Martin Luther King Jr., Winston Churchill, and Pierre Trudeau, to rallying calls during war, civil rights movements, and national turning points, these speeches have echoed ...

President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address, one of the most famous speeches in United States history, at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery on this day in history, Nov.

We begin our July Fourth special broadcast with the words of Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery around 1818, Douglass became a key leader of the abolitionist movement. On July 5, 1852, in Rochester ...

Throughout history, some of the most powerful moments in public speaking happened when leaders abandoned their carefully prepared scripts and spoke from the heart. These spontaneous moments often ...

Editor's Note: This story was orignially published on npr.org on Feb. 7, 2024. The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963, is so ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hear are some important Black History Speeches. Pictured: a Black and white image of Stokely Carmichael cheering. | Dwayne ...

As Emily Litella used to say, "Never mind." We've all done it, late at night, perhaps in the presence of people we want to impress: tapped our inner Socrates, talked ourselves up to the mountaintop, ...

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