What makes a speech memorable? Is it the language used, the character of the speaker or his or her way with words, the ideas the speech contains, when and where it is delivered, the effect on people nearby or its message to history as a whole? The answer is that it can be any or all of these. From Socrates to Benjamin Franklin, from Saint Francis of Assisi to Joseph Stalin and from John Winthrop to John F. Kennedy, people have used speeches to inspire, elicit sympathy, threaten, start wars or revolutions, announce innovations, make peace, set the course for a way of life of a whole people, provoke thought or laughter and reaffirm belief. They can be patriotic, filled with love, chilling or overflowing with hatred. They can move nations, as did President Reagan's speech after the Challenger disaster, or revolt the world, like the vitriolic videos made by