Speeches and Writings

Presidents and Other Great Americans

Expressions by Presidents and other great Americans that reflect important aspects of the USA from
its birth to present . . . all underlined by love and pride of country even during times of war and tragedy.

President George W. Bush Honors President Washington's 275th Birthday - February 19, 2007

Vice President Dick Cheney's Remarks About Former President Gerald R. Ford - December 30, 2006
President George W. Bush's Christmas Message - December 23, 2006

President George W. Bush's Address -- 5th Anniversary of September 11th & War on Terror - Sept. 11, 2006

Senator John McCain's Liberty University Commencement Address - May 13, 2006

President George W. Bush's Discussion On Iraqi Elections, Victory in the War on Terror - Dec. 14, 2005

President George W. Bush's Second Inaugural Address - January 20, 2005

Former President George H. Bush Eulogy of Former President Ronald Reagan - June 11, 2004

President George W. Bush's State of the Union Address - January 29, 2002

Dr. Anthony Kern's "What America Can Expect In A War Against Terrorists" - September 14, 2001

President William J. Clinton's Farewell Address to the Nation - January 19, 2001

President Ronald Reagan’s Farewell Address to Nation - January 11, 1989

President Ronald Reagan’s Berlin Wall Speech - June 12, 1987

President Jimmy Carter's State of the Union - January 21, 1980

President Richard Nixon's Peace With Honor Address - January 23, 1973

President Lyndon Johnson's "We Shall Overcome" Address - March 15, 1965

President Lyndon Johnson's Reflections On Kennedy's Contributions - November 27, 1963

Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream" Speech - August 28, 1963

President John F. Kennedy's "Ich bin ein Berliner" Speech (June 26, 1963)

General Douglas MacArthur's Thayer Award Speech - May 12, 1962

President John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address - January 20, 1961

President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Farewell Speech - January 17, 1961

General Douglas MacArthur's Farewell Address to Congress - April 19, 1951

President Harry Truman's Inaugural Address - January 20, 1949

President Harry Truman's "The Truman Doctrine" - March 12, 1947

President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Infamy Speech - December 8, 1941

Harold L. Ickes' "Definition Of An American" Speech - May 18, 1941

President Franklin D. Roosevelt's The Four Freedoms - January 6, 1941

Wendell L. Willkie's Loyal Opposition's Constructive Criticism Speech - September 11, 1940

Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes' American Democracy's First 150 Years Speech - March 4, 1939

Herbert Hoover's Speech About Meaning of Constitution and Bill of Rights -September 17, 1935

President Woodrow Wilson's Inaugural Address - March 5, 1917

Anna Howard Shaw's The Fundamental Principle of a Republic - June 21, 1915

President Teddy Roosevelt's Inaugural Address - March 4, 1905

Jane Addams' Greatness and Commemoration Speech - February 23, 1903

Booker T. Washington's Compromise Speech - September 18, 1895

Congressman Henry Cabot Lodge's Speech about Americanism - December 21, 1888

Susan B. Anthony's speech about Women's Right To Vote - 1873

George Bancroft's The Place of Abraham Lincoln in History - 1865

President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address - November 19, 1863

President Abraham Lincoln's Address in Independence Hall - February 22, 1861

Henry Clay's "Compromise" Speech - February 6, 1850

Daniel Webster's "Liberty and Union, Now and Forever..." - January 26, 1830

President Andrew Jackson's First Inaugural Address - March 4, 1929

Edward Everett's "Eulogy of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams" - August 1, 1826

President James Monroe’s "The Monroe Doctrine" - December 2, 1823

President Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address - March 4, 1801

President George Washington’s Farewell Address - September 19, 1796

James Madison's Speech On Ratification of Federal Constitution - June 6, 1788

Alexander Hamilton's "The Federalist No. 9" - November 21, 1787

Benjamin Franklin's Thoughts... On the Constitution - 1787

Thomas Paine's The American Crisis - December 23, 1776

Samuel Adams' Speech About the Declaration of Independence - August 1, 1776

Patrick Henry's Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death Speech - March 23, 1775

John Hancock - Excerpts of Boston Massacre Anniversary Eulogy - March 5, 1774

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