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94 speeches, from 431 BC to 2025
- Pericles’ Funeral Oration431 BCPericles · full text
- The Apology of Socrates399 BCSocrates · full text
- The First Oration Against Catiline63 BCCicero · full text
- The Sermon on the MountJesus · full text
- Speech to the Troops at TilburyAugust 9, 1588Elizabeth I of England · full text
- The Golden SpeechNovember 30, 1601Elizabeth I of England · full text
- Give Me Liberty or Give Me DeathMarch 23, 1775Patrick Henry · full text
- The Newburgh AddressMarch 15, 1783George Washington · full text
- George Washington’s First Inaugural AddressApril 30, 1789George Washington · full text
- George Washington’s Farewell AddressSeptember 17, 1796George Washington · full text
- Jefferson’s First Inaugural AddressMarch 4, 1801Thomas Jefferson · full text
- Jefferson’s Second Inaugural AddressMarch 4, 1805Thomas Jefferson · full text
- Second Reply to HayneJanuary 26, 1830Daniel Webster · full text
- The Lyceum AddressJanuary 27, 1838Abraham Lincoln · full text
- Women’s Rights Convention Speech (Ain’t I a Woman?)May 29, 1851Sojourner Truth · full text
- What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?July 5, 1852Frederick Douglass · full text
- West India Emancipation (If There Is No Struggle, There Is No Progress)August 3, 1857Frederick Douglass · full text
- A House DividedJune 16, 1858Abraham Lincoln · full text
- John Brown’s Last SpeechNovember 2, 1859John Brown · full text
- The Cooper Union AddressFebruary 27, 1860Abraham Lincoln · full text
- Lincoln’s Farewell Address at SpringfieldFebruary 11, 1861Abraham Lincoln · full text
- Lincoln’s First Inaugural AddressMarch 4, 1861Abraham Lincoln · full text
- Lincoln’s Second Annual Message to CongressDecember 1, 1862Abraham Lincoln · full text
- The Gettysburg AddressNovember 19, 1863Abraham Lincoln · full text
- Lincoln’s Second Inaugural AddressMarch 4, 1865Abraham Lincoln · full text
- On Women’s Right to VoteJanuary 1, 1873Susan B. Anthony · full text
- I Will Fight No More ForeverOctober 5, 1877Chief Joseph · full text
- The Atlanta Exposition AddressSeptember 18, 1895Booker T. Washington · full text
- Cross of GoldJuly 9, 1896William Jennings Bryan · full text
- The Strenuous LifeApril 10, 1899Theodore Roosevelt · full text
- National Duties (Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick)September 2, 1901Theodore Roosevelt · full text
- The Man with the Muck RakeApril 15, 1906Theodore Roosevelt · full text
- Citizenship in a Republic (The Man in the Arena)April 23, 1910Theodore Roosevelt · full text
- The New NationalismAugust 31, 1910Theodore Roosevelt · full text
- Freedom or DeathNovember 13, 1913Emmeline Pankhurst · full text
- Wilson’s War Message to CongressApril 2, 1917Woodrow Wilson · full text
- The Fourteen PointsJanuary 8, 1918Woodrow Wilson · full text
- Statement to the CourtSeptember 18, 1918Eugene V. Debs · full text
- A Return to NormalcyMay 14, 1920Warren G. Harding · full text
- Franklin D. Roosevelt’s First Inaugural AddressMarch 4, 1933Franklin D. Roosevelt · full text
- Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Second Inaugural AddressJanuary 20, 1937Franklin D. Roosevelt · full text
- The Great Arsenal of DemocracyDecember 29, 1940Franklin D. Roosevelt · full text
- The Four FreedomsJanuary 6, 1941Franklin D. Roosevelt · full text
- Roosevelt Declares War on JapanDecember 8, 1941Franklin D. Roosevelt · full text
- D-Day OrderJune 6, 1944Dwight D. Eisenhower · full text
- D-Day Prayer (Let Our Hearts Be Stout)June 6, 1944Franklin D. Roosevelt · full text
- The Truman DoctrineMarch 12, 1947Harry S. Truman · full text
- The Marshall Plan SpeechJune 5, 1947George C. Marshall · full text
- Declaration of ConscienceJune 1, 1950Margaret Chase Smith · full text
- Dwight Eisenhower’s First Inaugural AddressJanuary 20, 1953Dwight D. Eisenhower · full text
- The Chance for PeaceApril 16, 1953Dwight D. Eisenhower · full text
- Atoms for PeaceDecember 8, 1953Dwight D. Eisenhower · full text
- Dwight Eisenhower’s Second Inaugural AddressJanuary 21, 1957Dwight D. Eisenhower · full text
- Dwight Eisenhower’s Farewell AddressJanuary 17, 1961Dwight D. Eisenhower · full text
- John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural AddressJanuary 20, 1961John F. Kennedy · full text
- To the MoonSeptember 12, 1962John F. Kennedy · full text
- A Strategy of PeaceJune 10, 1963John F. Kennedy · full text
- Address on Civil RightsJune 11, 1963John F. Kennedy · full text
- Ich Bin Ein BerlinerJune 26, 1963John F. Kennedy · full text
- Let Us Continue (JFK Assassination)November 27, 1963Lyndon B. Johnson · full text
- The Great SocietyMay 22, 1964Lyndon B. Johnson · full text
- We Shall OvercomeMarch 15, 1965Lyndon B. Johnson · full text
- The Great Silent MajorityNovember 3, 1969Richard Nixon · full text
- Richard Nixon’s ResignationAugust 8, 1974Richard Nixon · full text
- Our Long National Nightmare Is OverAugust 9, 1974Gerald Ford · full text
- The Crisis of ConfidenceJuly 15, 1979Jimmy Carter · full text
- Ronald Reagan’s First Inaugural AddressJanuary 20, 1981Ronald Reagan · full text
- Address to Members of the British ParliamentJune 8, 1982Ronald Reagan · full text
- The Evil EmpireMarch 8, 1983Ronald Reagan · full text
- The Boys of Pointe du HocJune 6, 1984Ronald Reagan · full text
- Ronald Reagan’s Second Inaugural AddressJanuary 21, 1985Ronald Reagan · full text
- Space Shuttle “Challenger” AddressJanuary 28, 1986Ronald Reagan · full text
- Tear Down This WallJune 12, 1987Ronald Reagan · full text
- Ronald Reagan’s Farewell AddressJanuary 11, 1989Ronald Reagan · full text
- George H. W. Bush’s Inaugural AddressJanuary 20, 1989George H. W. Bush · full text
- Bill Clinton’s First Inaugural AddressJanuary 20, 1993Bill Clinton · full text
- Oklahoma Bombing Memorial AddressApril 23, 1995Bill Clinton · full text
- Bill Clinton’s Second Inaugural AddressJanuary 20, 1997Bill Clinton · full text
- I Have SinnedSeptember 11, 1998Bill Clinton · full text
- George W. Bush’s First Inaugural AddressJanuary 20, 2001George W. Bush · full text
- 9/11 Address to the NationSeptember 11, 2001George W. Bush · full text
- The Bullhorn SpeechSeptember 14, 2001George W. Bush · full text
- Freedom at War With FearSeptember 20, 2001George W. Bush · full text
- The Axis of EvilJanuary 29, 2002George W. Bush · full text
- Space Shuttle “Columbia” AddressFebruary 1, 2003George W. Bush · full text
- George W. Bush’s Second Inaugural AddressJanuary 20, 2005George W. Bush · full text
- Barack Obama’s First Inaugural AddressJanuary 20, 2009Barack Obama · full text
- Barack Obama’s Second Inaugural AddressJanuary 21, 2013Barack Obama · full text
- Selma 50th Anniversary AddressMarch 7, 2015Barack Obama · full text
- Eulogy for Clementa Pinckney (Amazing Grace)June 26, 2015Barack Obama · full text
- Barack Obama’s Farewell AddressJanuary 10, 2017Barack Obama · full text
- Donald Trump’s First Inaugural AddressJanuary 20, 2017Donald Trump · full text
- Joe Biden’s Inaugural AddressJanuary 20, 2021Joe Biden · full text
- Donald Trump’s Second Inaugural AddressJanuary 20, 2025Donald Trump · full text