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E N G L I S H 5 7 3 0 rhetoric

speeches

Susan B. Anthony, "After Being Convicted of Voting" (1873)

William Jennings Bryan, "Cross of Gold" (July 1896)
Barbara Bush, Wellesley College Commencement (June 1990)
George W. Bush, Announcing war against Iraq (January 1991)

Winston Churchill, "Blood, toil, tears, and sweat" (May 1940)
Winston Churchill, "Their finest hour" (June 1940)
Winston Churchill, The "Iron Curtain" Speech * (March 1946)
Bill Clinton, "I Misled People" * (August 1998)
Bill Clinton, "I Have Sinned" * (September 1998)
Bill Clinton, "I Am Profoundly Sorry" * (December 1998)

Frederick Douglass, "An Appeal for Impartial Suffrage" (1867)

Jonathan Edwards, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" (1741)
Edward Everett, Gettysburg Oration (November 1863)

William Faulkner, On Accepting the Novel Prize (December 1950)

Lou Gehrig, Farewell Speech (July 1939)
Joseph Goebbels, "Nation, Rise Up" (February 1943)

James Hedley, "The Sunny Side of Life" (late 1800s)
Charlton Heston, "Why We Have Guns" (September 1997)

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)
Martin Luther King, Jr. "I See the Promised Land" (April 1968)

Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural Address (March 1961)
Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address (November 1863)
Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address (March 1865)

Douglas MacArthur, Farewell Speech to Congress (20 April 1951)
Malcom X, Speech in Harlem (29 March 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, Evil Empire (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)
Bertrand Russell, "Why I Am Not a Christian" (1929)

Sojourner Truth, "Ain't I a Woman?" (1851)
Mark Twain, The Whittier Birthday Speech (January 1906)

Naomi Wolf, "A Woman's Place" (June 1992)

MORE SPEECHES ONLINE . . .

The American Communication Association
Douglass: Archives of American Public Address
Executive Speeches
Feminist.com: Articles and Speeches
Gifts of Speech: Women's Speeches
Great Speeches (audio only)
Historic Audio Archives (audio only)
History Channel: Speeches (audio only)
The History Place: Speech of the Week
Inaugural Speeches of U. S. Presidents
Mark Twain's Speeches
More Great Speeches
Online Speech Bank
Resignation Speeches
Speeches of Charles Dickens
Speeches of Presidents of the U.S.
U.S. History Out Loud
Web Sites for Political Speeches
The White House Virtual Library
Women's Speeches from Around the World

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12 January 2000