War Speeches in Film and Literature

St. Crispen's Day SpeechShakespeare's HENRY V 
C. 1599 Text and video

Henry V - Speech - Eve of Saint Crispin's Day Speech. 5:40 minute clip from Kenneth Branagh's masterpiece film of the Shakespeare classic play

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Friends, Romans, countrymen, by Mark Antony in William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar, Act 3, Scene 2

Text of Speech by Brutus and Mark Antony

Film Clip of the speech with Marlon Brando

Speech put to Song

Key Quote

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interrèd with their bones.
So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus
Hath told you Caesar was ambitious.
If it were so, it was a grievous fault,
And grievously hath Caesar answered it.
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Spartan final battle war speech from the film 300. 4 minutes 

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Braveheart, Freedom Speech, Mel Gibson plays William Wallace.  3 minutes

General Patton speaks to the Third Army. 5 minutes 

The Great Dictator's Speech, from The Great Dictator, a 1940 American film starring, written, produced, scored, and directed by comedian Charlie Chaplin.

Text of the speech

Video of the speech. 4:40 minutes

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