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15. Obama's "More Perfect Union" Speech. Date: March 18, 2008. Context: While campaigning for the presidency in 2008, Barack Obama came under fire for his relationship with pastor Jeremiah Wright, who had been heard to denounce the United States and accuse the government of racial crimes.
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The Presidency / Presidential Speeches. Famous presidential speeches. Use the "Filter" button to select a particular president and find the speech you want. ... March 31, 2021: Announcing the American Jobs Plan. video icon audio icon transcript icon. March 25, 2021: First Press Conference.
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John Tyler. - Speech name: Address upon assuming the office of president of the United States. - Date delivered: April 9, 1841. John Tyler became the first vice president to assume the office of the president after William Henry Harrison's death in 1841, establishing the precedent for presidential succession.
The 20 Best Presidential Speeches Of All Time
What's less well-known about many of the great addresses by presidents that they're short. Maybe the most famous speech in American history, Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, is just over two minutes long. Many others, rather than being long rambles of adjectives and superlatives, are fewer than one thousand words, and lasted just 10 minutes.
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1) Gettysburg Address - Abraham Lincoln. The Gettysburg Address is one of the most famous speeches in American history. Delivered by President Abraham Lincoln on November 19, 1863, the speech was part of the dedication ceremony for the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Lincoln's address followed a two-hour speech by ...
10 Historic Presidential Speeches: The Best Speeches by U.S. Presidents
5) George W. Bush. President George W. Bush gave one of the most memorable speeches at the Islamic Center of Washington, D.C., on Sept. 17, 2001, six days after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 ...
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4. Dwight Eisenhower's Farewell Address. President Dwight D. Eisenhower presenting his farewell address to the nation. (Credit: Ed Clark/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images) When: 1961 ...
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9. Dr. King's "I Have A Dream" speech. King's speech at the Lincoln Memorial in August 1963, in front of 250,000 people, is also one of the most-analyzed speeches in modern history. But King hadn't included the sequence about the "Dream" in his prepared remarks. Singer Mahalia Jackson yelled for King to speak about "the Dream ...
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Top 100 Speeches of the 20th Century
THE TOP 100 SPEECHES is an index to and substantial database of full text transcriptions of the 100 most significant American political speeches of the 20th century, according to a list compiled by Professors Stephen E. Lucas and Martin J. Medhurst.Dr. Lucas is Evjue-Bascom Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
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100 modern presidential speeches every American should know. History Channel. Link: ...
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Here are excerpts from 10 of our favorites. We have selected two by Abraham Lincoln, two by John F. Kennedy, three by Ronald Reagan and one each by Theodore Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson and Franklin ...
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Full text and audio database of Top 100 American Speeches by Rank Order : MAIN LINKS: Home Page: Speech Bank: Top 100 Speeches: Great New Speeches : Obama Speeches: GWB Speeches: Movie Speeches ... Presidential Nomination Acceptance: mp3: PDF: 63: Stokely Carmichael: Black Power: Off-Site mp3: PDF: 64: Hubert Horatio Humphrey: 1948 DNC Address ...
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Barack Obama giving his inauguration speech, 2009. / Alex Wong/GettyImages. Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address is one of the most notable presidential addresses in history, but that doesn't ...
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5) The "We Shall Overcome" Speech By Lyndon B. Johnson In 1965. Civil rights activist John Lewis and more than 500 marchers were assaulted on March 7, 1965, a day that came to be known as "Bloody Sunday," as they prepared to march from Selma to Montgomery to register African Americans to vote.
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1:03. Today is Presidents' Day. Here are some of the greatest speeches given by past U.S. presidents: Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address" in 1863: "Four Score and Seven Years Ago" was an ...
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We begin with quite possibly the best-known speech in American history - President Lincoln's Gettysburg address. It was delivered by Lincoln in November of 1863 during the American Civil War. Lincoln's address, while just over two minutes long, is thought to be one of the greatest and most influential statements of national purpose.
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Read Churchill's entire speech here. 11. Calvin Coolidge, "Speech on the 150th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, July 5 1926. Calvin Coolidge, the 30 th president of the United States, was sworn in after President Harding's unexpected death. Harding's administration was steeped in scandal.
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Full text, audio, and video database of the 100 most significant American political speeches of the 20th century, according to 137 leading scholars of American public address, as compiled by Stephen E. Lucas (University of Wisconsin-Madison) and Martin J. Medhurst (Baylor University). Discover who made the cut and experience the power of rhetorical eloquence in this provocative list of "who's ...
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15. Obama's "More Perfect Union" Speech. Date: March 18, 2008. Context: While campaigning for the presidency in 2008, Barack Obama came under fire for his relationship with pastor Jeremiah Wright, who had been heard to denounce the United States and accuse the government of racial crimes.
The Presidency / Presidential Speeches. Famous presidential speeches. Use the "Filter" button to select a particular president and find the speech you want. ... March 31, 2021: Announcing the American Jobs Plan. video icon audio icon transcript icon. March 25, 2021: First Press Conference.
John Tyler. - Speech name: Address upon assuming the office of president of the United States. - Date delivered: April 9, 1841. John Tyler became the first vice president to assume the office of the president after William Henry Harrison's death in 1841, establishing the precedent for presidential succession.
What's less well-known about many of the great addresses by presidents that they're short. Maybe the most famous speech in American history, Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, is just over two minutes long. Many others, rather than being long rambles of adjectives and superlatives, are fewer than one thousand words, and lasted just 10 minutes.
1) Gettysburg Address - Abraham Lincoln. The Gettysburg Address is one of the most famous speeches in American history. Delivered by President Abraham Lincoln on November 19, 1863, the speech was part of the dedication ceremony for the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Lincoln's address followed a two-hour speech by ...
5) George W. Bush. President George W. Bush gave one of the most memorable speeches at the Islamic Center of Washington, D.C., on Sept. 17, 2001, six days after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 ...
4. Dwight Eisenhower's Farewell Address. President Dwight D. Eisenhower presenting his farewell address to the nation. (Credit: Ed Clark/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images) When: 1961 ...
9. Dr. King's "I Have A Dream" speech. King's speech at the Lincoln Memorial in August 1963, in front of 250,000 people, is also one of the most-analyzed speeches in modern history. But King hadn't included the sequence about the "Dream" in his prepared remarks. Singer Mahalia Jackson yelled for King to speak about "the Dream ...
An American History TV Series. C-SPAN looks back at pivotal speeches delivered by U.S. presidents from George Washington to Barack Obama. Hear them make their case to the American public and ...
THE TOP 100 SPEECHES is an index to and substantial database of full text transcriptions of the 100 most significant American political speeches of the 20th century, according to a list compiled by Professors Stephen E. Lucas and Martin J. Medhurst.Dr. Lucas is Evjue-Bascom Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
100 modern presidential speeches every American should know. History Channel. Link: ...
Here are excerpts from 10 of our favorites. We have selected two by Abraham Lincoln, two by John F. Kennedy, three by Ronald Reagan and one each by Theodore Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson and Franklin ...
Full text and audio database of Top 100 American Speeches by Rank Order : MAIN LINKS: Home Page: Speech Bank: Top 100 Speeches: Great New Speeches : Obama Speeches: GWB Speeches: Movie Speeches ... Presidential Nomination Acceptance: mp3: PDF: 63: Stokely Carmichael: Black Power: Off-Site mp3: PDF: 64: Hubert Horatio Humphrey: 1948 DNC Address ...
Barack Obama giving his inauguration speech, 2009. / Alex Wong/GettyImages. Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address is one of the most notable presidential addresses in history, but that doesn't ...
America's major events told through the words of its leaders, since the widespread adoption of the film camera as a communication tool. Through the speeches ...
5) The "We Shall Overcome" Speech By Lyndon B. Johnson In 1965. Civil rights activist John Lewis and more than 500 marchers were assaulted on March 7, 1965, a day that came to be known as "Bloody Sunday," as they prepared to march from Selma to Montgomery to register African Americans to vote.
1:03. Today is Presidents' Day. Here are some of the greatest speeches given by past U.S. presidents: Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address" in 1863: "Four Score and Seven Years Ago" was an ...
We begin with quite possibly the best-known speech in American history - President Lincoln's Gettysburg address. It was delivered by Lincoln in November of 1863 during the American Civil War. Lincoln's address, while just over two minutes long, is thought to be one of the greatest and most influential statements of national purpose.
The Collection of some of the Most Famous Speeches by American Presidents
Read Churchill's entire speech here. 11. Calvin Coolidge, "Speech on the 150th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, July 5 1926. Calvin Coolidge, the 30 th president of the United States, was sworn in after President Harding's unexpected death. Harding's administration was steeped in scandal.
Full text, audio, and video database of the 100 most significant American political speeches of the 20th century, according to 137 leading scholars of American public address, as compiled by Stephen E. Lucas (University of Wisconsin-Madison) and Martin J. Medhurst (Baylor University). Discover who made the cut and experience the power of rhetorical eloquence in this provocative list of "who's ...
1st time public heard Biden's own reasons for exiting race. The speech was the first chance for the public to hear directly from Biden his rationale for leaving the presidential race, days after ...
The list of racist GOP hits on the vice president keeps growing. Monday, Lara Trump, the former president's daughter-in-law whom he planted as co-chair of the Republican National Committee, said ...
With less than three hours left in his presidency, Richard M. Nixon took the stage of the White House East Room to deliver his farewell speech 50 years ago Friday and tearfully showed a vulnerable ...
The Santa Clara Valley's first U.S. president was elected in 1928 and helped turn his alma mater, Stanford University, into a dynamo of American conservatism that continues to power the movement.
If the Yippies - a group of young activists known for political dissent - had their way, Americans would have elected a 145-pound pig named Pigasus as president in 1968. The Yippies were ...
At 39, another Republican vice-presidential candidate, Richard Nixon, saved his controversial nomination from the ticket with his famed "Checkers" speech, denying accepting improper gifts and ...
And he is most famous for fathering a president. Yet during his time at the SEC , Gary Gensler, the current chair, has become remarkably well-known, even notorious.
PARIS (AP) — IOC President Thomas Bach said the "hate speech" directed at boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting at the Paris Olympics is "totally unacceptable." "We will not take part in a politically motivated … cultural war," Bach said at a news briefing Saturday at the midway point of the Paris Games, where he wanted to draw a line under days of global scrutiny about the ...