“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 […]
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“Strength and Decency”by Theodore Roosevelt, on August 16, 1903, in Oyster Bay, New YorkHis Address at the quarterly meeting of the Society of the Holy Name of Brooklyn and Long IslandI am particularly glad to see such a society as this flourishing as your society has flourished, because the future welfare of our nation depends
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The Cross of Gold SpeechDelivered by William Jennings Bryan, at the Democratic National Convention, in Chicago on July 9, 1896.I would be presumptuous, indeed, to present myself against the distinguished gentlemen to whom you have listened if this were but a measuring of ability; but this is not a contest among persons. The humblest citizen
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“Duties of American Citizenship”by Theodore Roosevelt, on January 26, 1883Of course, in one sense, the first essential for a man’s being a good citizen is his possession of the home virtues of which we think when we call a man by the emphatic adjective of manly. No man can be a good citizen who is
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“Surrender Speech”by Chief Joseph, on October 5, 1877, as he surrendered to General Howard, in The Montana Territory:“I am tired of fighting. Our chiefs are killed. Looking Glass is dead. Toohoolhoolzote is dead. The old men are all dead. It is the young men who say, ‘Yes’ or ‘No.’ He who led the young men
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2nd Inaugural Address by Abraham Lincoln, on March 4, 1865 “Fellow-Countrymen, at this second appearing to take the oath of the Presidential office there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first. Then a statement somewhat in detail of a course to be pursued seemed fitting and proper. Now, at
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“The Gettysburg Address” by Abraham Lincoln, on November 19, 1863, at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that
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“What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” by Frederick Douglass on July 5, 1852Mr. President, Friends and Fellow Citizens:He who could address this audience without a quailing sensation, has stronger nerves than I have. I do not remember ever to have appeared as a speaker before any assembly more shrinkingly, nor with greater
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George Washington’s Farewell AddressSeptember 17, 1796, To the People of the United StatesFriends and Fellow Citizens:The period for a new election of a citizen, to administer the executive government of the United States, being not far distant, and the time actually arrived, when your thoughts must be employed designating the person, who is to be
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“Abolition Speech”by William WilberforceMay 12, 1789, at The House of Commons, LondonWhen I consider the magnitude of the subject which I am to bring before the House, a subject in which the interests, not of this country nor of Europe alone, but of the whole world and of posterity are involved, and when I think
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Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Deathby Patrick Henry, on March 23, 1775, in Richmond, VANo man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as well as abilities, of the very worthy gentlemen who have just addressed the House. But different men often see the same subject in different lights; and, therefore, I
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The Sermon on the Mount: Historical Context and Spiritual Meaning by Jesus Christ, circa 33 AD in Jerusalem, from the Gospel of Matthew. The Sermon on the Mount is one of the most influential discourses in human history. Found in the Gospel of Matthew (chapters 5-7), this powerful teaching is attributed to Jesus of Nazareth
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