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Top 10 Most Powerful Orators in History

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They captured public's attention

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with the power of their words.

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- Wording is sloppy here

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Welcome to watchmojo.com, and today we're counting down

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our pics from the top 10 most powerful speakers in history

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- Little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands

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with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.

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I have a dream today!

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For the list we'll be ranking

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the most influential historical personalities

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who used their oratory talents

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for major social change during their lives,

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for better or worse

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(German)

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It isn't always wild gesticulations and booming voices

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that grab the crowd's attention.

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Case in point, Mahatma Gandhi

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a leader for Indian independence

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who is known for his soft spoken demeanour

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and policies of non-confrontational civil disobedience, or ahimsa

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- To gain independence, we must prove worthy of it

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One of Gandhi's most famous speeches, 'Quit India'

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saw the leader call upon Indians

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to utilize passive resistance against Britsh occupation of the country

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and decline to participate in World War II.

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This practice involved boycotts on British products

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including government schooling,

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while Gandhi himself went on fasts and hunger strikes,

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which often left him severely weakened

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- That's right, I have so much tolerance for the other scoundrels of the world.

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Nevertheless, Gandhi caused significant social change

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by backin up his compelling speeches with action

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making him an enduring figure in historical public speaking

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- All that has happened is that I've grown a little sinner

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Ancient Rome.

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A legendary empire held itself as the pinnacle of government and culture

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and, in turn, influenced the Western civilisation.

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The text from this era that survived

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give an idea of the compelling arguments

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used by preeminent figures of the day.

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One of these was ordered Marcus Tulius Cicero

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- We are all of us imperfect in our way

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He was taught both in Latin and Greek,

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meaning he learned from yet another important culture,

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which had great speakers

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like the first citizen of Athens himself, Pericles.

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It was that grasp on language that allowed Cicero to translate

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much of Greece's rhetoric into Latin

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- It always comes to this

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Cicero was also involved in government and law

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where he utilised rhetoric

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to convince all who listened of his arguments,

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including the generations of politicians lawyers and public figures,

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who study his work today.

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- The works of Cicero, powerfully relevant 2077 years later

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- The history and the destiny of our countries

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have been and always will be

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