AROUND THE WORLD IN RHETORIC
Aug 17, 2022
Weird Scenes Inside the Archives: “‘Business As Usual’ Is Obsolete”
Vital Speeches' vast back issues cough up an eloquent defense of stakeholder capitalism—from 52 years ago.
Dan Lufkin,
Investment Banker
EVENTS
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Strategic Speechwriting: The Method and the Art
SEPT 13-16 -
Speechwriting School
OCT 11 -
PSA World Conference
OCT 11-13 -
Professional Development Academy
ON DEMAND
David Murray,
Editor, Vital Speeches of the Day
Aug 03, 2022
“I Call Bullshit”
“This is an embarrassment—to the Senate, to the country, to the founders, and all that they profess to hold dear. If this is America first, then America is fucked.”
Jon Stewart,
Comedian, Activist
David Murray,
Editor, Vital Speeches of the Day
Jul 27, 2022
I Ask Forgiveness … with Shame and Unambiguously
"I humbly beg forgiveness for the evil committed by so many Christians against the Indigenous peoples."
Pope Francis
David Murray,
Editor, Vital Speeches of the Day
Jul 20, 2022
Western Democracy Needs a New Project
"Something which gives direction, inspires hope, is a credible explanation of the way the world is changing and how we succeed within it."
Tony Blair,
Former Prime Minister, United Kingdom
David Murray,
Editor, Vital Speeches of the Day
Jul 13, 2022
I Want You to Know How Sad I Am … But Them’s the Breaks
"Our brilliant and Darwinian system will produce another leader, equally committed to taking this country forward through tough times."
Boris Johnson,
Prime Minister, United Kingdom
Jul 01, 2022
An Unmistakable Claim to Her Party’s Patriotic and Execptionalist Heritage
Liz Cheney's Reagan Library speech was an unmistakeable act of political appropriation in an appropriate setting and manner.
Michael Cornfield,
Associate Professor of Political Management, George Washington University
Jun 29, 2022
The ‘Moonshot Speech’: The Reason to Take the Risk
A speechwriter breaks down the how and the why of a corporate speech that made a very big splash—and encourages you to think about writing such a speech of your own.
Lech Mintowt-Czyz
Tim Pollard,
CEO, Oratium
David Murray,
Editor, Vital Speeches of the Day
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VITAL SPEECHES OF RECENT WEEKS
Vital Speeches' vast back issues cough up an eloquent defense of stakeholder capitalism—from 52 years ago.
Dan Lufkin,
Investment Banker
“This is an embarrassment—to the Senate, to the country, to the founders, and all that they profess to hold dear. If this is America first, then America is fucked.”
Jon Stewart,
Comedian, Activist
"I humbly beg forgiveness for the evil committed by so many Christians against the Indigenous peoples."
Pope Francis
"Something which gives direction, inspires hope, is a credible explanation of the way the world is changing and how we succeed within it."
Tony Blair,
Former Prime Minister, United Kingdom
"Our brilliant and Darwinian system will produce another leader, equally committed to taking this country forward through tough times."
Boris Johnson,
Prime Minister, United Kingdom
An ovation turns into influence only when the people who hear your ideas can convincingly share them with others.
Tim Pollard,
CEO, Oratium
"The remedy lies in breaking the vicious circle and restoring the confidence of the European people in the economic future of their own countries and of Europe as a whole."
George Marshall,
Secretary of State, United States
"No one left behind because we should always look after the disadvantaged and the vulnerable. But also no one held back because we should always support aspiration and opportunity."
Anthony Albanese,
Prime Minister, Australia
"Why are you here, if not to solve a problem as existential as this?"
Chris Murphy,
United States Senator, Connecticut
“It’s very tempting, when we finally make it to the table, to do everything we can to stay there. We think we are there to preserve our seat, instead of remembering we are there to use our seat.”
Abby Wambach,
Former Player, U.S. Women's National Soccer Team