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History’s Most Powerful Orators

Martin Luther King Jr.’s gripping “I Have a Dream” speech on the hallowed steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., cemented his place as one of the world’s best and influential communicators. Ditto for President John F. Kennedy’s 1961 inaugural address and the oratorial skills of Mahatma Gandhi, known for his soft-spoken demeanor and non-confrontational civil disobedience. WatchMojo.com ranks the most influential personalities who used their oratory talents for major social change during their lives for better or for worse.

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Saintly They Were Not

Why didn’t Walt Disney trust women or cats? What about Winston Churchill and his racist streaks? Mahatma Gandhi and sex? Mother Teresa? Learn the real dirt on some of history’s most highly revered individuals. We might perceive them to be saintly, but they all had thorny sides as well. More from Grunge.

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