[Samwise]

Hold your ground, hold your ground. Sons of Gondor, of Rohan, my brothers. I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of wolves and shattered shields, when the age of men comes crashing down, but it is not this day. This day we fight! For all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West!

--Aragorn

[Stringfellow Hawke]

Somehow, telling your men that a day might come when men's courage will fail doesn't sound like the most rousing speech I've ever heard.

I like the speech, but coming out of the mouth of a pacifist, it just falls pretty flat.

I prefer Theoden's speech when he tells Saurumon there will be peace, when Saurumon is dead. I love that logic, it's to the point and piratical.