World Speech Day

Each year, thousands of people across the globe make speeches on World Speech Day. They are the unexpected voices, celebrating the simple power of speech to spread ideas and hold communities, and indeed cultures, together. This is an annual event celebrating freedom of speech and is held on March 15th of each year. Simon Gibson, one of Europe's leading speech writers founded the day in 2015 at the Athens Democracy Forum. In this book is a sample of quotations from speeches, made in many nations at WSD 2022. The theme of WSD 2022 was A New Harmony. This book captures the remarkable range and depth of the speeches made for this global event.