Speeches That Changed History by Mansour Ourabi

A speech is made up of words delivered to listeners in order to produce the desired effect in their souls. It is well known that words have a magical effect on people: a single good word may be a major reason for people’s success, their unity and the stability of their lives. Conversely, a single evil word may be the gateway that opens upon people every kind of chaos, division and turmoil in their lives, the ruin of their countries and the loss of their present and future. There is no doubt that some speeches have had a great impact on their listeners and changed their behavior, giving them hope and spurring them to sacrifice and generosity; they changed the course of their lives, and they in turn changed the course of history and world events. There are also speeches that turned their listeners toward negative behavior, robbed them of hope and dragged them into the swamp of despair, changing their lives

for the worse, and bringing calamity upon nations and people

In this book, the author examines a number of speeches that changed the map and history of the world. He begins with the Farewell Sermon delivered by the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) during the Hajj season, then covers the most famous speeches of leaders, kings and presidents around the world in the modern era, and concludes the book

with the speech of US President Barack Obama at Cairo University in the Arab Republic of Egypt