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NEW: "Churchill's
Roar" Melvyn Bragg presents an analysis and
celebration of the remarkable language, voice and vocal acrobatics displayed throughout
his life by Sir Winston Churchill. (30 minutes, BBC, 2005)
speeches
Susan B. Anthony, "After Being Convicted
of Voting" (1873)
Amelia Bloomer, "Women's Right to
the Ballot" (1895)
William Jennings Bryan, "Cross of
Gold" (July 1896)
Barbara Bush, Wellesley College Commencement (June 1990)
George Bush, Announcing War against Iraq (January 1991)
George W. Bush, Acceptance Speech (13 December 2000)
George W. Bush, Speech to Congress after
September 11 (September 2001)
Winston Churchill, "Blood,
toil, tears, and sweat" (May 1940)
Winston Churchill, "Their finest
hour" (June 1940)
Winston Churchill, The "Iron Curtain" Speech * (March 1946)
William Jefferson Clinton, Farewell
Address to the Nation (Jan. 2001)
William Jefferson Clinton, "I have sinned" (1968)
Jonathan Edwards, "Sinners in the
Hands of an Angry God" (1741)
Edward Everett, Gettysburg Oration (November 1863)
William Faulkner, On Accepting
the Nobel Prize (December 1950)
Lou Gehrig, Farewell to Yankees
Fans (July 1939)
Al Gore, Concession Speech (13 December 2000)
James Hedley, "The Sunny Side of
Life" (late 1800s)
Henry, Patrick, "Liberty or Death!" (23
March 1775)
Barbara Jordan, "Change: From What to
What?" (July 1992)
Barbara Jordan, Keynote at Democratic Convention (July 1976)
Edward M. Kennedy, "The
Cause Endures" (July 1980)
John F. Kennedy, "Ich
bin ein Berliner" * (June 1963)
John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address * (January 1961)
Robert F. Kennedy, On the Death of M. L. King, Jr. * (April 1968)
Martin Luther King, Jr. "I Have a Dream" (August 1963)
Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural
Address (March 1961)
Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address (November 1863)
Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address (March 1865)
Baz Luhrmann, "Everybody's Free (to
Wear Sunscreen)" * (1999)
Douglas MacArthur, Farewell Speech
to Congress (20 April 1951)
Malcolm X, "The
Ballot or the Bullet" (1994)
Toni Morrison, Nobel Lecture
(December 1993)
Richard M. Nixon, "Checkers" Speech
(September 1952)
Richard M. Nixon, On Resigning the Presidency * (August 1974)
Ronald Reagan, Farewell
Speech (January 1989)
Ronald Reagan, First Inaugural Address (January 1981)
Ronald Reagan, On the Challenger Disaster (January 1986)
Franklin D. Roosevelt, First
Inaugural Speech * (March 1933)
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Pearl Harbor Speech (December 1941) [RealAudio]
Bertrand Russell, "Why I
Am Not a Christian" (1929)
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, "The
Destructive Male" (1868)
Sojourner Truth, "Ain't I a Woman?"
(1851)
Mark Twain, The
Whittier Birthday Speech (January 1906)
Wolf, Naomi, "A Woman's Place" (June 1992)
MORE SPEECHES ONLINE . . .
The American
Communication Association
Douglass: Archives of American Public Address
Executive Speeches
Gifts of Speech: Women's Speeches
Great American Speeches (text, audio, video)
Great Speeches (audio only)
Historic Audio Archives (audio only)
History and Politics Out
Loud
The History Place: Speech of the
Week
Inaugural Speeches of U. S.
Presidents
More Great Speeches
Speeches of Charles Dickens
Women's Speeches from Around the World
* Entire speech can be heard via RealAudio.
