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Famous Last Words



Famous Last Words
Some of history's most memorable figures faced death with inspirational words or wit. The following is a collection of famous last words and speeches of individuals before their passing.
Titles

 I in His Own Defense (399 B.C.) (Socrates)

 II on Being Declared Guilty (399 B.C.) (Socrates)

 III on Being Condemned to Death (399 B.C.) (Socrates)

 On the Eve of His Execution (1556) (Thomas Cranmer)

 His Last Words on the Scaffold (1618) (Walter Raleigh)

 In His Own Defense (1641) (Thomas Wentworth)

 Speech on the Scaffold (1683) (Algernon Sidney)

 Speech on the Scaffold (1685) (Richard Rumbold)

 In His Own Defense (1793) (Jean-Paul Marat)

 II His Last Speech(1794) (Maximilien de Robespierre)

 On Being Found Guilty (1798)

 On Being Found Guilty of Treason (1803) (Robert Emmet)

 His Last Speech (1901) (William McKinley)

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