The greatest speech ever made?

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Chaplin?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WibmcsEGLKo
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December 7th 1941 is a day that will live in infamy....................................
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JustMX 12/10/2011 6:58am
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I will put MLK's "I have a dream" up against it.

His was real, not a movie script, and it was done on the first take with no editing.

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MotoChief 12/10/2011 7:04am
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Four Score and seven years ago.....................................
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JFK, "Why We go to the Moon"
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TeamGreen 12/10/2011 1:28pm
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Seems to me that most of them are covered...
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bullpen58 12/10/2011 4:30pm
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Barrett57 wrote:
https://youtu.be/Utv9rCHlpkM
bullpen58 wrote:
Sounds like a drunk man spewing forth propaghanda.
Barrett57 wrote:
Sounds like a man standing up to a hideous evil when he was supposed to surrender.
Not questioning his moral convictions, he just SOUNDS drunk. There are lots of other people that sound drunk. Harry Carey or whatever from the Cubs....sounded hammered (probably was).
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FreshTopEnd 12/11/2011 12:48am
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MotoChief wrote:
Four Score and seven years ago.....................................
yup

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Mod Killer 12/12/2011 2:32pm
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i prefer bobby kennedys famous speech.
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JustMX 12/12/2011 11:17pm
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Mod Killer wrote:
i prefer bobby kennedys famous speech.
link?
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Mod Killer 12/13/2011 8:32am
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Mod Killer wrote:
i prefer bobby kennedys famous speech.
JustMX wrote:
link?
my apologies. i thought it was a lil more well known...

"Too much and too long, we seem to have surrendered community excellence and community values in the mere accumulation of material things. Our gross national product ... if we should judge America by that - counts air pollution and cigarette advertising, and ambulances to clear our highways of carnage. It counts special locks for our doors and the jails for those who break them. It counts the destruction of our redwoods and the loss of our natural wonder in chaotic sprawl. It counts napalm and the cost of a nuclear warhead, and armored cars for police who fight riots in our streets. It counts Whitman's rifle and Speck's knife, and the television programs which glorify violence in order to sell toys to our children.


"Yet the gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education, or the joy of their play. It does not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of our marriages; the intelligence of our public debate or the integrity of our public officials. It measures neither our wit nor our courage; neither our wisdom nor our learning; neither our compassion nor our devotion to our country; it measures everything, in short, except that which makes life worthwhile. And it tells us everything about America except why we are proud that we are Americans."

- Robert F. Kennedy Address, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, March 18, 1968

This speech took place shortly before his death.

Here is the youtube link...

SlowOldGuy 12/13/2011 9:45pm
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My favorite is the Jimmy V speech at the Espys. Still moves me to tears.
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eddie 12/13/2011 9:48pm
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Mod Killer wrote:
i prefer bobby kennedys famous speech.
JustMX wrote:
link?
Mod Killer wrote:
my apologies. i thought it was a lil more well known... [b][i]"Too much and too long, we seem to have surrendered community excellence and community values...
my apologies. i thought it was a lil more well known...

"Too much and too long, we seem to have surrendered community excellence and community values in the mere accumulation of material things. Our gross national product ... if we should judge America by that - counts air pollution and cigarette advertising, and ambulances to clear our highways of carnage. It counts special locks for our doors and the jails for those who break them. It counts the destruction of our redwoods and the loss of our natural wonder in chaotic sprawl. It counts napalm and the cost of a nuclear warhead, and armored cars for police who fight riots in our streets. It counts Whitman's rifle and Speck's knife, and the television programs which glorify violence in order to sell toys to our children.


"Yet the gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education, or the joy of their play. It does not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of our marriages; the intelligence of our public debate or the integrity of our public officials. It measures neither our wit nor our courage; neither our wisdom nor our learning; neither our compassion nor our devotion to our country; it measures everything, in short, except that which makes life worthwhile. And it tells us everything about America except why we are proud that we are Americans."

- Robert F. Kennedy Address, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, March 18, 1968

This speech took place shortly before his death.

Here is the youtube link...

thats pretty damn good ...
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TerryK 12/14/2011 5:41am
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Whats really cool about Chaplin's speech is how well it reflects what is happening in the world today, even though it was made 72 years ago. It was and still is brilliant.

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