There have been 3 great speakers in English in the 20th century. First was Winston Churchill - the man who during the Battle of Britain stood up in the British Parliament and sent his eloquent language to war against the Germans. Who can forget his words ” We will fight them in the trenches, we will fight them on the sea, we will fight them in the air…….”
Then came Nehru. ‘ A tryst with Destiny’. Even today when you hear those words you are inspired by the hopes and dreams that he had for India.
John F Kennedy - ” Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country”. His inaugural address surely must rank as the finest delivered by a President of the USA.
The 21 st century has brought us Obama. A torrent of eloquence, passion and intellect, able to stir us on any subject that he chooses to address.
When we listen to these speeches, and all of them are somewhere on the Internet, we come to understand the truth of the statement - Master English and Master your world.
