History is often made and defined during great speeches. Usually coinciding with events of historical proportions or inspiring circumstances, the best speeches of all time normally feature one or two quotes that the become known to the entire world.
Many of these public speakers use public speaking equipment necessary for a professional looking speech.
AmpliVox Sound Systems manufactures, designs, and sells lecterns, podiums, and portable pa systems for public speaking events.
Greatest Politician Speeches
1. Abraham Lincoln: Gettysburg Address. This is one of the most famous speeches by an American President and lasted just over two minutes. Lincoln spoke on human equality and called the Civil War a struggle for a new birth of freedom in the United States.
Click here for video of speech A suggested product for Abraham Lincoln is the
Product:
Digital Audio Travel Partner Bundle
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2. Ronald Reagan: "Tear Down This Wall!": In June of 1987 Ronald Reagan stood in West Berlin, Germany and told the leader of the USSR (modern day Russia) to tear down the wall that separated East and West Germany. Truly an inspiring moment.
The product we recommend for Reagan is the
Patriot Plus Lectern, which is the same style as the one used in this video.
3. John F. Kennedy: Inaugural Address.
The most famous line from this speech is, "My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you -- ask what can you do for your country."
Product: Presidential Plus Podium
Click here to view the speech
4. Patrick Henry: "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!"
This speech was given in 1775 which no doubt helped play a part in the establishment of the United States of America.
Product: EZ Speak Folding Lectern. Many people who helped start the American Revolution were on the run and would need highly portable public speaking equipment.
5. Winston Churchill: "We Will Fight on These Beaches"
Churchill gave this famous speech in 1940 to warn his country about how their part in World War II would escalate.
Read the
full text of this speech here.
Product: Voice Carrier PA Presentation System
6. Franklin D Roosevelt: "First Inaugural Address"
The longest standing United States President said that
"the only thing to fear is fear itself" in this memorable address.
Read or Listen to this Speech Here.
Product: Pinnacle Podium with outputs for external Sound System
Beliefs/Ideologies
1. Martin Luther King Jr: I Have A Dream. This is highly regarded as one of the top ten speeches of all time. During the height of the civil rights movement in the 1960s King gave this speech that has one of the most recognized lines in any of the top motivational speeches which is, "I Have a Dream."
Product Suggestion: The
Half-Mile Hailer PA System Kit
2. Socrates: Apology. Socrates delivered this speech that has the message that human knowledge is woefully limited.
Best Line:
"The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our ways — I to die, and you to live. Which is better God only knows."
Product Suggestion: Wireless Audio Portable Buddy
3. Ghandi: Non-Violence Speech. In 1919 Ghandi delivered his famous address on non-violence.
A product suggestion for the leader from India is the
Roving Rostrum Tabletop PA System.
4. Jesus Christ: The Sermon on the Mount
One of the most influential people to ever live gave this sermon that is a collection of his moral sayings and teachings. He gave this in Galilee which is in northern Israel and is still today quoted both behind the
church pulpit as well as in the public at large.
Product Suggestion: The
Ambassador Multimedia Lectern, or as a Jewish person might say, a "
shtender."
Motivational Speeches
1. Randy Pausch: The Last Lecture, Achieving Your Childhood Dreams
In 2007, College Professor Randy Pausch heard that he was terminally ill and decided to give a lecture on life lessons he had learned and give advice to students on how to achieve their own career and personal goals. Because of the touching story and practical wisdom, this video immediately went viral.
2. Jimmy Valvano: Never Give Up
The North Carolina State Basketball Coach found out he was terminally ill with bone cancer and gave this speech with the now famous tag line, "Don't Give Up. Don't Ever Give Up."
Product Suggestion:
The Victoria Solid Hardwood Lectern
3. Lou Gerhig: Retirement Speech
In 1939, New York Yankee Star Lou Gehrig learned that he had a debilitating disease called ALS (now called Lou Gehrig's Disease) and gave this speech as a farewell to his beloved sport of baseball. This is one of sports history's famous speeches and contains a very famous line, "Today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth."
Product Suggestion:
Elite Lectern for an elite ballplayer.
4. Herb Brooks Miracle Speech
Herb Brooks, the coach of "The Miracle On Ice" 1980 United States Men's Olympic Hockey Team
gave inspiring speech to his players.
Product: Belt Blaster Waistbandl PA System
5. Knute Rockney: "Win one for the Gipper"
In the 1920's Notre Dame Football Coach Knute Rockney rallied his team with this speech to play their hearts out for their ill teammate, nicknamed "the Gipper." This is easily one of the Top 10 Speeches quoted during sports, usually by the losing team. Watch the video below:
Product: A custom Green and Gold
Collegiate Multimedia Lectern for the University of Notre Dame
Honorable Mention:
In the Fictional Category: Mr. Bean's Speech on Whistler's Mother
who is behind a lectern that looks much like the
Large Top Acrylic Lectern by AmpliVox.
Wireless Half Mile Hailer: This Portable PA System reaches up to one half mile away and would be a great option to startle someone because the speaker could hide with the wireless mic and still communicate 700+ feet away from the system.
Safety Strobe Megaphone: This megaphone has a whistle and siren button and also has a built in recorder that projects your recorded voice and puts it on repeat. The video could be similar to Tom Green's video.
