Best Speeches from Historical Films!

[CurtisLemay]

Since the SF and Fantasy thread had their thead for cool speeches, I figured I'd do something for historical movies...so, without futher ado...

 

[Liberterrarium]

I honestly can't think of a better one than the one in the OP.

 

[Husky_Khan]

Just have to resort to Shakespeare as interpreted by the Kenneth Branagh version of Henry V.

Act IV, Scene III IIRC

 

[Husky_Khan]

I mean it mentions a historical event right?

What? Over? Did you say 'over'? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!...

It ain't over now, 'cause when the goin' gets tough, the tough get goin'. Who's with me? Let's go! Come on!...

*runs out, comes back when no one follows him*

What the f--k happened to the Delta I used to know? Where's the spirit? Where's the guts, huh? This could be the greatest night of our lives, but you're gonna let it be the worst. 'Ooh, we're afraid to go with you, Bluto, we might get in trouble.' (shouting) Well, just kiss my ass from now on! Not me! I'm not gonna take this. Wormer, he's a dead man! Marmalard, dead! Niedermeyer...

 

[Husky_Khan]

More historical then the last one... but not quite historical enough perhaps... but a great speech nonetheless.

I'm forty-seven. Forty-seven years old. You know how come I stayed alive this long? Fear. A spectacle of fearsome acts. A man steals from me, I cut off his hands. If he offends me, I cut out his tongue. He rises up against me, I cut off his head, stick it on a pike. Raise it up high so all on the streets can see. That's what preserves the order of things. Fear. That one tonight, who was he? A nobody. A coward. What an ignominious end that would have been. I killed the last honorable man fifteen years ago. Since then, it's... You seen his portrait downstairs?

Oh, you got a murderous rage in you, and I like it. It's life, boiling up inside of you. It's good. The Priest and me, we lived by the same principles. It was only faith divided us. He gave me this, you know. That was the finest beating I ever took. My face was pulp, my guts was pierced, and my ribs was all mashed up. And when he came to finish me, I couldn't look him in the eye. He spared me because he wanted me to live in shame. This was a great man. A great man. So I cut out the eye that looked away. Sent it to him wrapped in blue paper. I would have cut 'em both out if I could have fought him blind. Then I rose back up again with a full heart and buried him in his own blood. He was the only man I ever killed worth remembering. I never had a son. Civilization is crumbling. God bless you.

And as a bonus...

 

[Tyzuris]

The way Cate Blanchett delivers this speech is just pure awesome.

 

[Husky_Khan]

First the pretext...

And then the epic speech advocating equality before the Law.

 

[Husky_Khan]

Just a funny for New Years Eve...



Bring those speeches back Creative Assembly. 😇

 

[PsihoKekec]

George C. Scott as the George S. Patton, accept no substitutes

 

[Husky_Khan]

George C. Scott as the George S. Patton, accept no substitutes

I can't believe that one hasn't been mentioned until now. That whole movie is great with iconic quotes and some great speeches.

 

[Husky_Khan]

I just thought of this speech the other day, and just how great and perfectly cast Sam Elliot was for the role of General John Buford in this film.



But when I searched to see if there was a video of this on the internet, I didn't think it'd be from an ROTC associated channel that uses the film clip as an aid for terrain analysis! The High Ground... too bad Anakin Skywalker never did formal military training in a US Military Academy.

And beyond the discussion being about terrain, it's still a beautiful speech as the General starts opining on what could happen if they fail.