Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Leadership professor, job market journalist-analyst, business advisor. “The secret to a great speech,” explained Mark Twain, “is ...

Throughout history, some of the most powerful moments in public speaking happened when leaders abandoned their carefully prepared scripts and spoke from the heart. These spontaneous moments often ...

From the powerful words of Martin Luther King Jr., Winston Churchill, and Pierre Trudeau, to rallying calls during war, civil rights movements, and national turning points, these speeches have echoed ...

President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address, one of the most famous speeches in United States history, at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery on this day in history, Nov.

We begin our July Fourth special broadcast with the words of Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery around 1818, Douglass became a key leader of the abolitionist movement. On July 5, 1852, in Rochester ...

This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. The entire room was holding its collective breath when Olivia Colman beat ...

When the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. stepped to the podium at the Lincoln Memorial on a stifling hot August day in 1963, he faced a cast of characters who also knew how to command a stage. Most now ...