Kim Nam-joon, the leader of the K-pop band BTS, gave a speech at the United Nations on September 24, 2018. Read the transcript of the speech remarks here.

Malala Yousafzai’s speech at the United Nations Youth Assembly on July 12, 2013. Read the full transcript of her speech remarks here.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie examines the limitations of gender roles and asks us to imagine a world beyond these restrictive definitions. Read the transcript here.

Sec. of State Hillary Clinton delivered a speech on LGBTQ rights to the UN on December 6, 2011. Read the transcript of her speech remarks here.

Read the full transcript of John McCain’s 2008 concession speech after losing the 2008 presidential election to Barack Obama. The speech took place on November 5, 2008.

Severn Cullis-Suzuki speaking at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. Read the transcript here.