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Favorite Speeches


Historical, Motivational and Business related Speeches

 

As a Public Speaker Geert is of course a big fan of the greatest speeches in history. Each of them are absolute landmarks in our global history and part of our collective memory. We have also added some great motivational and business related speeches to this list.

The list below is updated regularly and contains links to the YouTube video's of each speech.


  • Al Pacino in the movie Any Given Sunday : Peace by inches
  • Charlie Chaplin in the movie The Great Dictator : Final Speech
  • The King to His Peoples. H.M. King George VI (03/09/1939) from Buckingham Palace, London, UK
    • (This speech is featured in the movie "The King's Speech")
  • J.F. Kennedy (28/06/1963) in West Berlin : Ich bin ein Berliner
  • Martin Luther King (28/08/1963) at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom : I have a dream
  • Severn Cullis-Suzuki (1992), at the United Nations Conference in Rio de Janeiro : I am only a child
  • Seth Godin (Feb 2003) on TED : Standing Out
  • Steve Jobs (12/06/2005) at Stanford University : Commencement speech Stay hungry, stay foolish
  • Professor Randy Pausch (18/09/2007) at Carnegie Melon University : Really achieving your childhood dreams (Lecture of a dying man, he died on July 25, 2008)
    • (12 minute short edition on Oprah)
  • National Geographic Explorer Wade Davis on T.E.D. (Feb 2008) : The worldwide web of belief and ritual
  • J.K. Rowling (05/06/2008) at Harvard University : Commencement speech The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination - (Part2)
  • Barack Obama (24/07/2008) at Tiergarten, Berlin : This is our moment, this is our time !
  • Barack Obama (28/08/2008) at Democratic National Convention in Denver : I accept your nomination !
  • Gary Vaynerchuk of Wine Library TV (17/09/2008) at Web 2 Expo New York : Building Personal Brand Within the Social Media Landscape
  • Barack Obama (04/11/2008) at Grant Park Chicago, IL : Victory Speech on election day
  • Barack Obama (20/01/2009) at US Capitol, Washington : Inauguration speech
  • Barack Obama (04/06/2009) at Caïro, Egypt : Speech to the Muslim world
  • Jamie Oliver (Feb 2010) at TED Award Ceremony USA : Acceptance speech on healthy food and obesity
  • Lisa Kudrow (23/05/2010) : Commencement speech at Vassar University
  • Stephen Fry : Is the Catholic Church a force for good in the world ? (Part 1 - Part 2)
  • 15y old Student (27/11/2010) at Coalition of Resistance National Conference - Camden
  • Barack Obama (12/01/2011) : Together We Thrive: Tucson and America
    (Speech at Tucson Memorial)
  • Barack Obama (30/04/2011) at White House Correspondents' Dinner
  • Dennis Crowley (14/05/2011) at Syracuse iSchool Convocation
  • Mark Zuckerberg (09/06/2011) at Belle Haven Community School in Menlo Park, CA : There's no shortcuts !


    Steve Jobs - Stay hungry, stay foolish (2005)

     

     

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