From Mohandas Gandhi, Martin Luther King and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn to Tony Blair, George Bush and Osama bin Laden, the 21 speeches in this book capture some of the most important moments and ideas to have shaped the world as we know it today. They feature politicians, soldiers, activists and ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances.An insightful commentary by leading political commentator Chris Abbott accompanies each speech, explaining the impact it has had upon where we find ourselves now in the twenty-first century.