In the 18th century, the French military scientist Napoleon said: "One tongue can withstand three thousand Mauser guns", and the ancient literary critics of the mainland also said: "The debate of one person is heavier than the treasure of the Nine Dings, and the tongue of three inches is stronger than that of a million heroes", which shows the importance of speech. So who are the world's recognized orators?
1st prize: Martin Luther King Jr
Martin luther king
Martin Luther King Jr., formerly known as Michael, African-American, was born in 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia, usa, and in 1934, because his father admired martin Luther, the pioneer of the Reformation in Germany, he changed his name to Martin Luther King, Jr., an American social activist, civil rights activist, and leader of the civil rights movement.
Martin Luther King Jr. was born intelligent and studious, and was influenced by the rector, Dr. Mays (American evangelist and theologian), who chose pastorship as a lifelong career at the age of 17. At the end of 1955, Rosa Parks, a black Woman in the United States, refused to give up her seat to white people on the bus, directly triggering the more than 380-day Montgomery bus boycott, opening a new chapter in the history of the American civil rights movement, one of the organizers of this movement is Martin Luther King Jr. Since then, from south to north, from Birmingham to Alberni, he has brought the civil rights movement across the United States.
Martin Luther King Jr. "I Have a Dream" speech
On August 28, 1963, when 250,000 people gathered in Washington, D.C., Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the world-famous speech "I Have a Dream" at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington.
100 years ago, a great American signed the Emancipation Proclamation, and today we are assembling in front of his statue. This solemn proclamation was like the light of a beacon, bringing hope to the millions of slaves who were suffering in the fire of injustice that devastated their lives. Its arrival was like a joyful dawn, ending the long night that bound the Negroes.
—Martin Luther King Jr., "I Have a Dream"
In 1964 and 1965, the United States passed the Civil Rights Act and the Suffrage Act, which eliminated racial segregation nationwide and guaranteed the right to vote for blacks. Since 1986, the U.S. government has designated the third Monday of January as "Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Remembrance." He was ranked 8th among the 100 people who influenced the United States by the authoritative American journal Atlantic.
Second prize: Adolf Hitler
Adolf hitler
Adolf Hitler, an Austrian German, was the initiator of the Second World War, tried to establish a new order led by Germany on the European continent, persecuted and murdered six million Jews during the Second World War, committed all kinds of heinous crimes, and the reason why he was able to become the fuehrer of Germany had a lot to do with his speech, and was recognized as "the most powerful orator".
What you can't understand is learning, what you can't accept is growth, what you can't admit is acceptance, and what you can't forget is letting go. Life is about constantly learning, growing, accepting, and letting go.
——From "Mein Kampf"
The scene of the speech
Hitler's speech has different characteristics from many orators, he always has a period of silence before the speech, until the masses from noisy to quiet, and from quiet to ear to ear, before officially starting to speak, the speech began, the tone of voice is extremely gentle, soon accompanied by body movements began to dance, become excited, he often lifted his toes, body movements are extremely exaggerated, his speech has a strong passion, logic, incitement, from the perspective of time, he never spoke more than half an hour, Usually only about ten minutes, in the context of the economic crisis, he mistakenly led Germany to the end.
Third place: Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill, born on November 30, 1874, into a British aristocratic family, is a famous British politician, historian, painter, orator, writer, journalist, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and from 1951 to 1955, and is considered one of the most important political leaders of the 20th century.
We will fight to the end; we will fight in France, we will fight in the sea, we will fight in the air with greater and greater confidence and with increasing strength, we will defend the homeland at all costs; we will fight on the beaches, we will fight at the landing sites of the enemy, we will fight in the fields and in the streets, we will fight in the mountains.
We will never surrender, even if our island or most of it is conquered and starved, I never believe that this will happen; and our subjects of the Empire abroad, armed and protected by the British fleet, will continue to fight until the New World, when God deems it appropriate, will bring forth all its strength to save and liberate this Old World.
—Winston Churchill, "We'll Fight to the End"
After the outbreak of World War II, Churchill was invited to join the wartime cabinet and appointed Secretary of State for the Navy, and in May 1940, Chamberlain stepped down due to unfavorable war conditions, and Churchill became British Prime Minister. At that time France was ready to surrender, the morale of the Anglo-French coalition was depressed, and in this case, he delivered a speech "We will fight to the end", which greatly enhanced the confidence of the British people, boosted the morale of the army, and Britain won the Second World War under his leadership. After the end of World War II, Churchill delivered the famous "Iron Curtain Speech", which officially opened the prelude to the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. In 2002, the BBC held a survey called "The Greatest 100 Britons", which resulted in Churchill being voted the greatest Briton of all time.
The above rankings may be the best of the best and the best of the best (everyone is welcome to rank). But it is a powerful illustration of eloquence, more powerful than accurate bullets, and bullets without false shots cannot be compared to sharp as a knife. People who speak or speak well often become the darlings of history, be remembered by history, or do great things.