Winston Churchill has been remembered since his passing on Jan. 24, 1965, as many things: a statesman, writer and leader, but many remember him as one of the “greatest speakers of the 20th century.” ...

Have you ever used the phrase "blood, sweat and tears?" If so, you have Winston Churchill to thank. In his first speech as Prime Minister, Churchill said to the House "I have nothing to offer but ...

As communication teachers, we ask students to learn from how great speakers in history might address current events. This is an especially timely exercise since much of the principal public discourse ...

March 5 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1770, British troops killed five colonials in the so-called Boston Massacre, one of the events that led to the American Revolution. Crispus Attucks, who had ...

Persuading others to adopt your message involves using a few fundamental and adaptable techniques. Throughout history, great speeches have been used to create moments that usher in important changes ...

In fact, Churchill applied for membership in the British masons’ union but was turned down for political reasons. Of course, the world should be grateful that Churchill did not turn to painting or ...

Mirrors of Greatness: Churchill and the Leaders Who Shaped Him; By David Reynolds; Basic Books; 464 pp., $32.50 Meant as a successor volume of sorts to Churchill’s own 1937 work, Great Contemporaries, ...

The impatiently awaited budget speech —the speech on which prophets have declared that Britain’s general elections would turn—was delivered to a packed and eager House of Commons, last week, by the ...

Mirrors of Greatness: Churchill and the Leaders Who Shaped Him; By David Reynolds; Basic Books; 464 pp., $32.50 “Winston Churchill appeared to me,” Charles De Gaulle wrote in 1959, “from one end of ...