John F. Kennedy: Address to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association

Reverend Meza, Reverend Reck, I'm grateful for your generous invitation to state my views...

Ronald Reagan: The Space Shuttle "Challenger" Tragedy Address

Ladies and Gentlemen, I'd planned to speak to you tonight to report on the state of the Union, but the events of earlier today have led me to change those plans. Today is a day for mourning and remembering. Nancy and I are pained to the core by the tragedy of the shuttle Challenger. We know we share this pain with all of the people of our country. This is truly a national loss.

Richard M. Nixon: Resignation Speech

Good evening:

This is the 37th time I have spoken to you from this office, where so many decisions have been made that shape the history of this nation. Each time I have done so to discuss with you some matter that I believe affected the national interest. In all the decisions I have made in my public life I have always tried to do what was best for the nation.

George W. Bush: 2000 Victory Speech

"I was not elected to serve one party, but to serve one nation"

Richard M. Nixon: Cambodian Incursion Address

Delivered 30 April 1970 from Washington, DC

John F. Kennedy: Address to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association

Delivered 12 September 1960 at the Rice Hotel in Houston, TX

Franklin D. Roosevelt: The Four Freedoms

Delivered on 6 January, 1941

Ronald Reagan: The Evil Empire

Remarks at the Annual Convention of the the National Association of Evangelicals, delivered 8 March1983, Orlando FL

Lyndon Baines Johnson: 'We Shall Overcome'

Joint Session of Congress Address on Voting Legislation
Delivered 15 March 1965, Washington, D.C.,

Eleanor Roosevelt: Adoption of the Declaration of Human Rights

Barbara Jordan: 1976 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address

Thank you ladies and gentlemen for a very warm reception.

It was one hundred and forty-four years ago that members of the Democratic Party first met in convention to select a Presidential candidate. Since that time, Democrats have continued to convene once every four years and draft a party platform and nominate a Presidential candidate. And our meeting this week is a continuation of that tradition. But there is something different about tonight...

Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation

Mr. Vice President, Mr. Speaker, Members of the Senate, and of the House of Representatives:

Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 -- a date which will live in infamy -- the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan...

Franklin Delano Roosevelt: First Inaugural Address

President Hoover, Mr. Chief Justice, my friends:

This is a day of national consecration. And I am certain that on this day my fellow Americans expect that on my induction into the Presidency, I will address them with a candor and a decision which the present situation of our people impels.

John F. Kennedy: Inaugural Address

Vice President Johnson, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Chief Justice, President Eisenhower, Vice President Nixon, President Truman, Reverend Clergy, fellow citizens:

We observe today not a victory of party, but a celebration of freedom -- symbolizing an end, as well as a beginning -- signifying renewal, as well as change. For I have sworn before you and Almighty God...

"I Have a Dream" by Martin Luther King, Jr.

One of the most famous speeches in world history!