Speech Collection (#3)

Stafford Cripps - Independence of Burma
Sir Stafford Cripps attends a celebration to mark the granting of the Independence of Burma in 1948. 1948

David Lloyd-George at the Welsh National Eisteddfod, Birkenh
Photograph of David Lloyd-George (1863-1945), 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, the Welsh Liberal statesman, taken during a speech at the Welsh National Eisteddfod, Birkenhead, 6th September 1917

Clara Zetkin / Ils 1900
CLARA ZETKIN German Socialist and Feminist at the Paris Socialist Congress in 1900

Frederick Dufferin Vf 70
FREDERICK TEMPLE HAMILTON-TEMPLE BLACKWOOD 1st MARQUIS OF DUFFERIN & AVA British diplomat and administrator Date: 1826 - 1902

Camille Desmoulins (1760-94) Speaking at the Palais Royal, 12 July 1789, engraved
XIR161740 Camille Desmoulins (1760-94) Speaking at the Palais Royal, 12 July 1789, engraved by Pierre Gabriel Berthault (1737-1831) (engraving) (b/w photo) by Prieur, Jean Louis

David Lloyd George (1863-1945) Introducing the Munitions Bil
Illustration showing David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor, then Minister of Munitions, delivering a speech to the House of Commons on the Munitions Bill

Richard Nixon
37th American President (1969-74), Richard Milhous Nixon (1913-1994)

Churchill / Randolph / Vf 80
LORD RANDOLPH SPENCER CHURCHILL MP speaking in Parliament while Wolff, Balfour and Gorst listen (or fall asleep, more like)

Lincoln Inauguration
Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States at Washington, in front of the partly completed Capitol building

Disraeli / First Budget
William Gladstone attacks Benjamin Disraelis first budget speech, which had lasted five hours

The Spa Fields Orator Hunt-ing for Popularity to Do-Good!!, pub. by J
XJF108994 " The Spa Fields Orator Hunt-ing for Popularity to Do-Good!!", pub. by J. Sidebotham, 1817 (etching) (b&w photo) by Cruikshank, George (1792-1878); Private Collection; English

Lenin giving a speech to Vsevobuch servicemen on the first anniversary of the foundation of the Soviet armed forces
LSE4317937 Lenin giving a speech to Vsevobuch servicemen on the first anniversary of the foundation of the Soviet armed forces, Red Square, Moscow, 25th May 1919 (photo) by Unknown photographer

Lenin addressing vsevobuch troops on red square in moscow on may 25, 1919. - Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (Lenin) (1870-1924)
GIA4726443 Lenin addressing vsevobuch troops on red square in moscow on may 25, 1919. - Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (Lenin) (1870-1924) by Russian Photographer (20th century)

Lenin giving a speech to Vsevobuch servicemen on the first anniversary of the foundation of the Soviet armed forces
FIA5402441 Lenin giving a speech to Vsevobuch servicemen on the first anniversary of the foundation of the Soviet armed forces, Red Square, Moscow, 25th May 1919 (photo) by Unknown photographer

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Nikolai Lenin addressing a street crowd on a First of May Celebration in Russia
3525265 Nikolai Lenin addressing a street crowd on a First of May Celebration in Russia.; (add.info.: Nikolai Lenin addressing a street crowd on a First of May Celebration in Russia)

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov alias Lenin, 1917
1579817 Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov alias Lenin, 1917; (add.info.: Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov alias Lenin (22 April [O.S. 10 April] 1870 - 21 January 1924) was a Russian communist revolutionary

Russian Revolution, October 1917. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (Ulyanov) 1870-1924 addressing the crowd in Red Square, Moscow
535292 Russian Revolution, October 1917. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (Ulyanov) 1870-1924 addressing the crowd in Red Square, Moscow. Photograph.; Universal History Archive/UIG.

Roosevelt at Washington, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Roosevelt at Washington, 1912.

Mrs. H.S. Blatch in Wall St., between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Mrs. H.S. Blatch in Wall St., between c1910 and c1915. Shows suffragist Harriot Stanton Blatch (1856-1940) speaking with a crowd gathered below her.

T. Roosevelt speaking, gesticulating with fist, outside, Yonkers, NY, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
T. Roosevelt speaking, gesticulating with fist, outside, Yonkers, NY, 1910.

Marshall accepting nomination, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Marshall accepting nomination, 1912. Shows Thomas Riley Marshall (1854-1925), Governor of Indiana, giving his acceptance speech to be Woodrow Wilson's running mate in Indianapolis, Indiana

Pres. Wilson addressing Congress, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Pres. Wilson addressing Congress, 1913.

Theodore Roosevelt speaking in N.J., between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Theodore Roosevelt speaking in N.J., between c1910 and c1915.

Theodore Roosevelt speaking in N.J., between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Theodore Roosevelt speaking in N.J., between c1910 and c1915.

(Terauchi?) addressing Lower House, Japan, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
(Terauchi?) addressing Lower House, Japan, 1917. Probably shows politician and officer Count Terauchi Masatake (1852-1919) who was a Gensui (Marshal)

Ollie James speaking at Wilson's Notification, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Ollie James speaking at Wilson's Notification, between c1910 and c1915.

President Wilson addressing Congress, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
President Wilson addressing Congress, 1913. Shows President Woodrow Wilson addressing Congress on April 8, 1913. He made a speech on adjusting tariff duties.

Dean Woodbridge, Oct 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Dean Woodbridge, Oct 1918. Professor Frederick James Eugene Woodbridge (1867-1940) who was dean of Columbia University. Woodbridge is giving a speech at a gathering of the Student Army Training Corps

E. Root, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
E. Root, between c1915 and c1920. Former Secretary of War Elihu Root (1845-1937) giving a speech at a gathering of the Student Army Training Corps and others on the steps of the Low Memorial Library

Departure of Lieutenant-General Sir Duncan Cameron from...New Zealand...farewell address, 1865. Creator: C. R
Departure of Lieutenant-General Sir Duncan Cameron from Auckland, New Zealand: presentation of a farewell address, 1865. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. J. N. Crombie

Col. J.P. Finley, Oct 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Col. J.P. Finley, Oct 1918. John Park Finley (1854-1943), meteorologist and Army Signal Service officer giving a speech at a gathering of the Student Army Training Corps

Opening of the Birmingham Central Free Library, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Opening of the Birmingham Central Free Library, 1865. 'The Central Free Library (the second institution of this kind established, under Mr)

Meeting of the British Association at Birmingham: Professor Phillips...in the Townhall, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Meeting of the British Association at Birmingham: Professor Phillips, the President, delivering the Inaugural Address in the Townhall, 1865

The Social Science Congress at Sheffield: Sir Manockjee Cursetjee...on education in India, 1865. Creator: Unknown
education in India, 1865. View of '...the meeting, on Friday, of the Educational Department, Mr. Thomas Chambers, M.P., presiding, when Sir Manockjee Cursetjee, a Parsee gentleman of Bombay

Lord Brougham opening the Social Science Congress at Sheffield, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Lord Brougham opening the Social Science Congress at Sheffield, 1865. View of 'the inaugural address of Lord Brougham at the opening meeting of the ninth annual Congress of the National

Meeting of the Church Congress in St. Andrew's Hall, Norwich, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Meeting of the Church Congress in St. Andrew's Hall, Norwich, 1865. '...the first meeting for discussion took place in St

Laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable: Sir Robert Peel addressing bystanders...at Valencia, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable: Sir Robert Peel addressing the bystanders after the taking of the shore end of the cable to the Telegraph House at Valencia, 1865

"Whitefield Preaching in Moorfields" A.D. 1742, by E. Crowe...the Royal Academy, 1865. Creator: W Thomas
"Whitefield Preaching in Moorfields" A.D. 1742, by E. Crowe, in the exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1865. Engraving of a painting

The Elections in the Metropolitan Boroughs: Finsbury...the nomination on Clerkenwell Green, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The Elections in the Metropolitan Boroughs: Finsbury election: the nomination on Clerkenwell Green, [London], 1865. 'The Finsbury nomination took place in front of the Middlesex Sessions House

Garibaldi in England: Garibaldi receiving addresses at the Crystal Palace, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Garibaldi in England: Garibaldi receiving addresses at the Crystal Palace, 1864. '...we see the dais erected in front of the great orchestra, in the north transept

The Royal Visit to Cambridge: presentation of the university address to the Prince And..., 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Royal Visit to Cambridge: presentation of the university address to the Prince and Princess [of Wales] in the quadrangle of Trinity College, 1864

Garibaldi in England: Garibaldi receiving an address at the Nine Elms railway station, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Garibaldi in England: Garibaldi receiving an address at the Nine Elms railway station, 1864. View of '...the interior of the large goods' shed at the Nine Elms station of the London

Garibaldi in England: presentation of address of Southampton Town Council...in the Townhall, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Garibaldi in England: presentation of address of Southampton Town Council to Garibaldi, in the Townhall, 1864. A '...view of the interior of the Townhall, an apartment over the Bargate

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Michael Allmaier

George R Davis, making an address at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago (engraving)
8631592 George R Davis, making an address at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: George R Davis)

Opening of the constituent assembly on February 11, 1869 after the fall of Queen Isabella II of Spain (1830-1904)
AIS5354612 Opening of the constituent assembly on February 11, 1869 after the fall of Queen Isabella II of Spain (1830-1904) (engraving); (add.info)

Benjamin Disraeli's speech to the Oxford Union during the debate on evolution
5311794 Benjamin Disraeli's speech to the Oxford Union during the debate on evolution; (add.info.: Cartoon commenting on Benjamin Disraeli's speech to the Oxford Union during the debate)

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Speech has always been a powerful tool, capable of inspiring nations and igniting change. From the iconic World War II poster urging us to "Keep Calm and Carry On, " to Winston Churchill's resolute declaration that "We shall not flag or fail, " the impact of words cannot be underestimated. Churchill himself recognized the valor of RAF pilots, praising them in his speeches for their unwavering dedication and bravery. His wartime posters adorned with his famous words served as reminders of resilience during dark times. Centuries before, Cicero's eloquent speeches resonated within the Senate, shaping Roman politics. Similarly, William Pitt the Younger's addresses to Parliament influenced policies that shaped Britain's destiny. In more recent history, Fidel Castro captivated crowds with his fiery rhetoric, while Mr Harold Wilson rallied supporters at an eve-of-election rally. Propaganda posters showcased prime ministers' statements as persuasive tools in shaping public opinion. Keir Hardie used speech as a means to champion workers' rights and social justice. Meanwhile, Robert Emmet delivered a passionate address that would forever echo through Irish history. Rosa Luxemburg exemplified how they are empower marginalized voices; her impassioned words challenged societal norms and fought for equality until her untimely death in 1919. Through these historical moments and figures, we witness the immense power held by those who possess the gift of speech. Their words have moved mountains, shifted ideologies, and inspired generations. Speech is not merely an act but rather a force capable of transforming societies when wielded with purposeful intent.