Dwight D. Eisenhower: Farewell Address Good evening, my fellow Americans. First, I should like to express my gratitude to the radio and television networks for the opportunities they have given me ove
John F. Kennedy: Inaugural Address [Administering of the Oath of Office] Vice President Johnson, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Chief Justice, President Eisenhower, Vice President Nixon, President Truman, Reverend
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: "The Great Arsenal of Democracy" My friends: This is not a fireside chat on war. It is a talk on national security; because the nub of the whole purpose of your President is
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
General Douglas MacArthur: Thayer Award Acceptance Address delivered 12 May 1962, West Point, NY "Duty, Honor, Country" General Westmoreland, General Grove, distinguished guests, and gentlemen of the
Barbara Jordan: 1976 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address "Who, then, will speak for the common good?" Thank you ladies and gentlemen for a very warm reception. It was one hundred and forty-
*Madam President and* Members of the General Assembly: When Secretary General Hammarskjold’s invitation to address this General Assembly reached me in Bermuda, I was just beginning a series of confere
Malcolm X: "The Ballot or the Bullet" (Photo not taken on this occasion) Mr. Moderator, Reverend Cleage, Brother Lomax, brothers and sisters, and friends and I see some enemies. In fact, I think we’d
Mario Cuomo: 1984 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address "A Tale of Two Cities" Thank you very much. On behalf of the great Empire State and the whole family of New York, let me thank you for
I 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 mate
Ronald Reagan: "A Time for Choosing" (aka "The Speech") Program Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen, we take pride in presenting a thoughtful address by Ronald Reagan. Mr. Reagan: Reagan: Thank you. Thank
Jesse Jackson: 1984 Democratic National Convention Address "The Rainbow Coalition" Thank you very much. Tonight we come together bound by our faith in a mighty God, with genuine respect and love for o
Richard M. Nixon: "Checkers" "...the kids, like all kids, love the dog, and...regardless of what they say about it, we're gonna keep it." My Fellow Americans, I come before you tonight as a candidate
Robert F. Kennedy: Remarks on the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. "Ladies and Gentlemen...Martin Luther King was shot and was killed tonight in Memphis, Tennessee" Ladies and Gentlemen: I'm o
President Anderson, members of the faculty, board of trustees, distinguished guests, my old colleague, Senator Bob Byrd, who has earned his degree through many years of attending night law school, whi
Richard M. Nixon: "The Great Silent Majority" "So tonight, to you, the great silent majority of my fellow Americans, I ask for your support. I pledged in my campaign for the Presidency to end the war
Barbara Jordan: Statement on the Articles of Impeachment "If the impeachment provision in the Constitution of the United States will not reach the offenses charged here, then perhaps that 18th century
Good morning. This week, I appeared before Congress to report on the state of our union. I asked members of the House and Senate from both sides of the aisle to join me in confronting the great challe
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Transcript of the Prime Minister's Broadcast on the Environment and Business Friday 27 October 2000 One of the usual criticisms of Governments and politicians is that they are all words and no action.
