Comments on: The top 100 speeches of the 20th century http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2009/the-top-100-speeches-of-all-time/ Management and Creative Thinking Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:27:33 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Scott Berkun http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2009/the-top-100-speeches-of-all-time/comment-page-1/#comment-535486 Scott Berkun Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:22:58 +0000 http://www.scottberkun.com/?p=1321#comment-535486 I think who makes this list has a great deal to do with their other accomplishments. Do we really think these people gave the greatest "speeches" or all time? Not exactly. They gave the greatest speeches among a tiny number of very influential people whose speeches matter and are heard by hundreds of thousands of people. That said, I think Obama is a very good public speaker. He's not one of my favorites but he is certainly very good. I think who makes this list has a great deal to do with their other accomplishments. Do we really think these people gave the greatest “speeches” or all time? Not exactly. They gave the greatest speeches among a tiny number of very influential people whose speeches matter and are heard by hundreds of thousands of people.

That said, I think Obama is a very good public speaker. He’s not one of my favorites but he is certainly very good.

]]> By: connymaniac http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2009/the-top-100-speeches-of-all-time/comment-page-1/#comment-535383 connymaniac Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:46:55 +0000 http://www.scottberkun.com/?p=1321#comment-535383 What do you think about Barack Obama - who is said to be a great speaker - will he once be in the top 100? What do you think about Barack Obama – who is said to be a great speaker – will he once be in the top 100?

]]> By: Sean Crawford http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2009/the-top-100-speeches-of-all-time/comment-page-1/#comment-516976 Sean Crawford Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:11:14 +0000 http://www.scottberkun.com/?p=1321#comment-516976 On my 2008 fall vacation at a Chapters bookstore I was pleased to find a boxed set of a book of "Speeches That Changed the World" (transcripts and biographys) and a CD. This from London by Quercus publishing (2007) with an introduction by Simon Sebag Montefiore. The CD really made my road trip. It was all English but not just U.S. citizens, and not just politics. The CD went back as far as Chamberlain's "peace in our time" speech. I was amused to find -so much has it been quoted- that I had heard (read) every word of JFK's inaugural before, just not all in one place! The (abridged?) speeches, Scott will be pleased to know, do indeed include Hitler, Stalin and Hirohito but, alas, not Mussolini. Of course Malcolm is included. On my 2008 fall vacation at a Chapters bookstore I was pleased to find a boxed set of a book of “Speeches That Changed the World” (transcripts and biographys) and a CD. This from London by Quercus publishing (2007) with an introduction by Simon Sebag Montefiore. The CD really made my road trip. It was all English but not just U.S. citizens, and not just politics. The CD went back as far as Chamberlain’s “peace in our time” speech.

I was amused to find -so much has it been quoted- that I had heard (read) every word of JFK’s inaugural before, just not all in one place!

The (abridged?) speeches, Scott will be pleased to know, do indeed include Hitler, Stalin and Hirohito but, alas, not Mussolini. Of course Malcolm is included.

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