Most Important Speeches of the 20th Century

Here's an interesting link to 10 Historical Speeches that Every Student Should Listen To. No doubt some of these could be replaced by others to good effect. If we limit the time frame to the 20th century (as in the list), are there others to include and which ones should be replaced to make room for them? While the title says "listen to," not all of the links are to audio files (Woodrow Wilson's?!), but the texts are there. If nothing else, every one of these would likely touch on subjects and events about which many students today are not knowledgeable.

Comments

[CKG]

I'm a little surprised not to see JFK's inaugural on the list, just because of how iconic the "Ask not. . ." turn of phrase has become. Likewise FDR on the 'Four Freedoms'.

And of course, Churchill has too many to include them all. "Never give up" being perhaps first among them.

In the ironic spirit of Nixon's resignation speech, how about Chamberlain's 'Peace In Our Time'?

And, you'll have to forgive my ignorance (I really don't know the context of it), but surely Reagan's "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down that wall!" speech is historic on multiple levels. . .

[Juli]

The first speech by Obama that earned national attention was at the DNC in 2004.