Inspiring change
Get inspired by reading our top 20 examples of where communication has changed lives – speeches, literature, journalism, photography and art which have made a difference.
Speeches
Winston Churchill, “I have nothing to offer but blood, sweat, toil and tears”
John F Kennedy, “Ask not what your country can do for you...”
Martin Luther King, “I have a dream...”
Nelson Mandela, “I am the first accused”
Books
The First Folio, William Shakespeare (1623)
On the Abolition of the Slave Trade, William Wilberforce (1789)
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Mary Wollstonecraft (1792)
On the Origin of Species, Charles Darwin (1859)
Paintings
Journalism
Michael Buerk film of Ethiopia
Film
Images
Word Association






