Barack Obama’s 2009 Inauguration Speech Given on January 20, 2009, in Washington DC My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you’ve bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation — as well as the […]
Barack Obama’s 2009 Inauguration Speech Read More »
Barack Obama’s 2004 Democratic Convention Speech Delivered on July 27, 2004 at The Fleet Center, in Boston, Massachusetts. Michelle, I love you. The other night, I think the entire country saw just how lucky I am. Malia and Sasha, you make me so proud…but don’t get any ideas, you’re still going to class tomorrow. And
Barack Obama’s 2004 Democratic Convention Speech Read More »
George W. Bush 9/11 SpeechMr. Speaker, Mr. President Pro Tempore, members of Congress, and fellow Americans:In the normal course of events, presidents come to this chamber to report on the state of the Union. Tonight, no such report is needed. It has already been delivered by the American people.We have seen it in the courage
President George W. Bush 9/11 Speech Read More »
President Bill Clinton – I Have Sinned Speech September 11, 1998Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the White House and to this day to which Hillary and the vice president and I look forward so much every year.This is always an important day for our country, for the reasons that the vice
President Bill Clinton – I Have Sinned Speech Read More »
1996 State of the Union Addressby President William Jefferson Clinton, on January 23, 1996Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of the 104th Congress, distinguished guests, my fellow Americans all across our land:Let me begin tonight by saying to our men and women in uniform around the world, and especially those helping peace take root in
1996 State of the Union Address by President Bill Clinton Read More »
“Remarks at the Brandenburg Gate”by Ronald Reagan, on June 12, 1987, in BerlinChancellor Kohl, Governing Mayor Diepgen, ladies and gentlemen: Twenty four years ago, President John F. Kennedy visited Berlin, and speaking to the people of this city and the world at the city hall. Well since then two other presidents have come, each in
Remarks at the Brandenburg Gate by Ronald Reagan Read More »
Address to the Nation on the Challengerby Ronald Reagan, on January 28, 1986, in Washington, DCLadies 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
Address to the Nation on the Challenger by Ronald Reagan Read More »
“40th Anniversary of D-Day”Speech by Ronald Reagan, on June 6, 1984, in Pointe du Hoc, FranceWe’re here to mark that day in history when the Allied armies joined in battle to reclaim this continent to liberty. For 4 long years, much of Europe had been under a terrible shadow. Free nations had fallen, Jews cried
40th Anniversary of D-Day Speech by Ronald Reagan Read More »
Jimmy Carter – Crisis of Confidence Malaise SpeechGood evening.This is a special night for me. Exactly 3 years ago, on July 15, 1976, I accepted the nomination of my party to run for President of the United States. I promised you a President who is not isolated from the people, who feels your pain, and
Jimmy Carter’s “Malaise Speech” Read More »
President Gerald R. Ford – Nixon Pardon September 8, 1974Ladies and Gentlemen:I have come to a decision which I felt I should tell you and all of my fellow American citizens, as soon as I was certain in my own mind and in my own conscience that it is the right thing to do.I have
President Gerald R. Ford – Nixon Pardon Read More »
The Americans: A Canadian’s Opinion By Gordon SinclairOriginally written for a regular broadcast on CFRB radio in Toronto on June 5, 1973.This Canadian thinks it is time to speak up for the Americans as most generous and possibly the least appreciated people on all the earth.Germany, Japan and, to a lesser extent, Britain and Italy
The Americans: A Canadian’s Opinion By Gordon Sinclair Read More »
By John F. Kennedy President Pitzer, Mr. Vice President, Governor, Congressman Thomas, Senator Wiley, and Congressman Miller, Mr. Webb, Mr. Bell, scientists, distinguished guests, and ladies and gentlemen: I appreciate your president having made me an honorary visiting professor, and I will assure you that my first lecture will be very brief. I am delighted
We Choose To Go To The Moon Speech – JFK Read More »
Duty, Honor, Countryby General Douglas MacArthurHis Sylvanus Thayer Award Acceptance Address on May 12, 1962General Westmoreland, General Grove, distinguished guests, and gentlemen of the Corps!As I was leaving the hotel this morning, a doorman asked me, “Where are you bound for, General?” And when I replied, “West Point,” he remarked, “Beautiful place. Have you ever
Duty, Honor Country by General Douglas MacArthur Read More »
We Choose To Go To The Moonby President John F. KennedyMay 25, 1961We’re here to mark that day in history when the Allied armies joined in battle to reclaim this continent to liberty. For four long years, much of Europe had been under a terrible shadow. Free nations had fallen, Jews cried out in the
We Choose To Go To The Moon by President John F. Kennedy Read More »
Inauguration Address by John F. Kennedy on January 20, 1961, in Washington, DC 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 –
Inauguration Address by John F. Kennedy Read More »
Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Farewell Address Given on January 17, 1961, in Washington, D.C. My fellow Americans: Three days from now, after half a century in the service of our country, I shall lay down the responsibilities of office as, in traditional and solemn ceremony, the authority of the Presidency is vested in my successor. This
Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Farewell Address Read More »
Checkers Speechby Richard M. Nixon, given on September 23, 1952My Fellow Americans,I come before you tonight as a candidate for the Vice-presidency and as a man whose honesty and integrity has been questioned.Now, the usual political thing to do when charges are made against you is to either ignore them or to deny them without
Checkers Speech by Richard M. Nixon Read More »
“Farewell Address to Congress”by General Douglas MacArthur, on April 19, 1951, in Washington, DCMr. President, Mr. Speaker, and Distinguished Members of the Congress:I stand on this rostrum with a sense of deep humility and great pride- humility in the wake of those great American architects of our history who have stood here before me; pride
Farewell Address to Congress by General Douglas MacArthur Read More »
Nobel Prize Acceptance Speechby William Faulkner on December 10, 1950, in Stockholm, SwedenI feel that this award was not made to me as a man, but to my work-a life’s work in the agony and sweat of the human spirit, not for glory and least of all for profit, but to create out of the
Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech by William Faulkner Read More »
The Jewel Voice BroadcastThe Jewel Voice Broadcast was the radio broadcast in which Japanese Emperor Hirohito read out the Imperial Rescript on the Termination of the Greater East Asia War, announcing to the Japanese people that the Japanese Government had accepted the Potsdam Declaration demanding the unconditional surrender of the Japanese military to the Allied
Emperor Hirohito’s Jewel Voice Broadcast Read More »
“Quit India”by Mahatma Gandhi, on August 8, 1942; IndiaBefore you discuss the resolution, let me place before you one or two things, I want you to understand two things very clearly and to consider them from the same point of view from which I am placing them before you. I ask you to consider it
Quit India by Mahatma Gandhi Read More »
“Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation” by Franklin Delano Roosevelt December 8, 1941, Washington, D.C. 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
Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation by Franklin Delano Roosevelt Read More »
“Blood, Sweat, and Tears”by Winston ChurchillMay 13, 1940; House of Commons, London, EnglandMister Speaker, on Friday evening last I received His Majesty’s commission to form a new Administration. It was the evident wish and will of Parliament and the nation that this should be conceived on the broadest possible basis and that it should include
Blood, Sweat, and Tears by Winston Churchill Read More »
“The Appeal of 18 June”by Charles de Gaulle, on June 18, 1940President 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
The Appeal of 18 June by Charles de Gaulle Read More »
“Their Finest Hour”by Winston Churchill, on June 18, 1940, at House of Commons, LondonI spoke the other day of the colossal military disaster which occurred when the French High Command failed to withdraw the northern Armies from Belgium at the moment when they knew that the French front was decisively broken at Sedan and on
Their Finest Hour by Winston Churchill Read More »
We Shall Fight on the Beachesby Winston Churchill, on June 4, 1940 at The House of Commons, LondonFrom the moment that the French defenses at Sedan and on the Meuse were broken at the end of the second week of May, only a rapid retreat to Amiens and the south could have saved the British
We Shall Fight on the Beaches by Winston Churchill Read More »
Lou Gehrig’s Farewell to Baseball AddressOn July 4, 1939, at Yankee StadiumHenry Louis Gehrig, (born Heinrich Ludwig Gehrig, June 19, 1903 – June 2, 1941), nicknamed “the Iron Horse,” was a MLB first baseman who played his entire professional career (17 seasons) for the New York Yankees, from 1923 until 1939.Fans, for the past two
Lou Gehrig’s Farewell to Baseball Address Read More »
Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s First Inaugural Address Given on March 4, 1933, in Washington, DC I am certain that 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 Nation impels. This is preeminently the time to speak the
Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s First Inaugural Address Read More »
“Citizenship In A Republic/ The Man In The Arena” by Theodore RooseveltSpeech at the Sorbonne, Paris, France on April 23, 1910Strange and impressive associations rise in the mind of a man from the New World who speaks before this august body in this ancient institution of learning. Before his eyes pass the shadows of mighty
Citizenship In A Republic/ The Man In The Arena by Theodore Roosevelt Read More »
“The Man with the Muck-rake”by President Theodore Roosevelt, on April 14, 1906, in Washington, D.C.*Given as President Roosevelt laid the cornerstone of the office of the House of Representatives[1] Over a century ago Washington laid the corner stone of the Capitol in what was then little more than a tract of wooded wilderness here beside
The Man with the Muck-rake by President Theodore Roosevelt Read More »
{{ excerpt | truncatewords: 55 }}
{% endif %}