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 […]
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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
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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
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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
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40th Anniversary of D-DaySpeech by Ronald Reagan, on June 6, 1984, in Pointe du Hoc, France We’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
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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
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Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” SpeechMartin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech was a defining moment in the American civil rights movement, delivered on August 28, 1963, during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.The March on Washington was a massive gathering of civil rights activists, labor union members,
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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
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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
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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
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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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“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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“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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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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