![]() ![]() ![]() Though you may not have heard of the Athenian orator Demosthenes, consider the fact that one of history’s most famed speakers of all time, Cicero, cited his ancient forebear 300 years later. Learn More Demosthenes 341 BCE Third Philippic Commons/Wikimedia “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed, ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal’ … “I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. His words were no mere rhetoric they were an affirmation of the value of human life and the expression of a cause for which he would give his own. King would be dead by an assassin’s bullet less than five years after delivering his most famous speech. The 12 best thriller movies that stand the test of time The 10 best Simpsons episodes of all time, ranked Ranked: The 10 best John Cusack movies of all time ![]()
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