This project is based upon the "Top 100 American Speeches of the 20th Century," a project of the communications departments of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Texas A&M University.

A full ranking of all the speeches and their texts can be found as the "Top 100 Speeches" at AmericanRhetoric.com

The Speeches, By Ranking:

• Top 10 Speeches
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. "I Have a Dream."
  • John F. Kennedy. Inaugural Address.
  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt. First Inaugural Address.
  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The War Message. ("A Date Which Will Live in Infamy")
  • Barbara Jordan. Keynote Speech to the 1976 Democratic National Convention.
  • Richard M. Nixon. "My Side of the Story." ("Checkers")
  • Malcolm X. "The Ballot or the Bullet."
  • Ronald Reagan. Address to the Nation on the Challenger Disaster.
  • John F. Kennedy. Speech to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association.
  • Lyndon B. Johnson. Address to Congress on the Voting Rights Act. ("We Shall Overcome")

  
  

• Speeches 11-20
  • Mario Cuomo. Keynote Speech to the 1984 Democratic National Convention. ("A Tale of Two Cities")
  • Jesse Jackson. Speech at the 1984 Democratic National Convention. ("The Rainbow Coalition")
  • Barbara Jordan. Statement on the Articles of Impeachment.
  • Douglas MacArthur. Farewell Address to Congress. ("Old Soldiers Never Die")
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. "I've Been to the Mountaintop."
  • Theodore Roosevelt. "The Man with the Muckrake."
  • Robert F. Kennedy. Statement on the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower. Farewell Address.
  • Woodrow Wilson. The War Message. ("The World Must be Made Safe for Democracy")
  • Douglas MacArthur. Farewell Address at the U.S. Military Academy. ("Duty, Honor, Country")

  
  

• Speeches 21-30
  • Richard M. Nixon. Address to the Nation on the War in Vietnam. ("The Great Silent Majority")
  • John F. Kennedy. "Ich bin ein Berliner."
  • Clarence Darrow. Plea for Mercy at the Trial of Leopold and Loeb.
  • Russell Conwell. "Acres of Diamonds."
  • Ronald Reagan. Televised Speech on Behalf of Barry Goldwater. ("A Time of Choosing")
  • Huey P. Long. "Every Man a King."
  • Anna Howard Shaw. "The Fundamental Principle of a Republic."
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt. "The Arsenal of Democracy."
  • Ronald Reagan. Speech to the National Association of Evangelicals. ("The Evil Empire")
  • Ronald Reagan. First Inaugural Address.

  
  

• Speeches 31-40
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt. First Fireside Chat. ("The Banking Crisis")
  • Harry S. Truman. Address to Congress on Greece and Turkey. ("The Truman Doctrine")
  • William Faulkner. Speech Accepting the Nobel Prize in Literature.
  • Eugene V. Debs. Statement to the Court.
  • Hillary Rodham Clinton. Address to the U.N Fourth World Conference on Women. ("Women's Rights are Human Rights")
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower. "Atoms for Peace."
  • John F. Kennedy. American University Speech.
  • Ann Richards. Keynote Speech to the 1988 Democratic National Convention.
  • Richard M. Nixon. Address to the Nation Resigning the Presidency.
  • Woodrow Wilson. "The Fourteen Points."

  
  

• Speeches 41-50
  • Margaret Chase Smith. "Declaration of Conscience."
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt. "The Four Freedoms."
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Speech at Riverside Church. ("A Time to Break Silence")
  • Mary Church Terrell. "What it Means to be Colored in the Capital of the United States."
  • William Jennings Bryan. Speech Accepting the 1900 Democratic Presidential Nomination.
  • Margaret Sanger. "A Moral Necessity for Birth Control."
  • Barbara Bush. Commencement Speech at Wellesley College. ("Choices and Change")
  • John F. Kennedy. Address to the Nation on Civil Rights. ("A Moral Issue")
  • John F. Kennedy. Address to the Nation on the Cuban Missile Crisis.
  • Spiro Agnew. "Television News Coverage."

  
  

• Speeches 51-60
  • Jesse Jackson. Speech to the 1988 Democratic National Convention. ("Common Ground and Common Sense")
  • Mary Fisher. Speech to the 1992 Republican National Convention. ("A Whisper of AIDS")
  • Lyndon B. Johnson. "The Great Society."
  • George C. Marshall. "The Marshall Plan."
  • Edward M. Kennedy. "Truth and Tolerance in America."
  • Adlai Stevenson. Speech Accepting the 1952 Democratic Presidential Nomination. ("Let's Talk Sense to American People")
  • Eleanor Roosevelt. "The Struggle for Human Rights."
  • Geraldine Ferraro. Speech Accepting the 1984 Democratic Vice-Presidential Nomination.
  • Robert M. La Follette. "Free Speech in Wartime."
  • Ronald Reagan. Address at the U.S. Ranger Monument on the 40th Anniversary of D-Day.

  
  

• Speeches 61-70
  • Mario Cuomo. "Religious Belief and Public Morality."
  • Edward M. Kennedy. Televised Statement. ("Chappaquiddick")
  • John L. Lewis. "Labor and the Nation." ("The Rights of Labor")
  • Barry Goldwater. Speech Accepting the 1964 Republican Presidential Nomination. ("Extremism in the Defense of Liberty is No Vice")
  • Stokely Carmichael. "Black Power."
  • Hubert H. Humphrey. Speech at the 1948 Democratic National Convention. ("The Sunshine of Human Rights")
  • Emma Goldman. Address to the Jury.
  • Carrie Chapman Catt. "The Crisis."
  • Newton W. Minow. "Television and the Public Interest." ("A Vast Wasteland")
  • Edward M. Kennedy. Eulogy to Robert Kennedy.

  
  

• Speeches 71-80
  • Anita Hill. Statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
  • Woodrow Wilson. Final Address in Support of the League of Nations.
  • Lou Gehrig. Farewell to Baseball.
  • Richard M. Nixon. Address to the Nation on the Cambodian Incursion.
  • Carrie Chapman Catt. Address to the United States Congress.
  • Edward M. Kennedy. Speech at the 1980 Democratic National Convention. ("The Dream Shall Never Die")
  • Lyndon B. Johnson. Address to the Nation on Vietnam and the Decision Not to Seek Re-Election.
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt. Speech to the Commonwealth Club.
  • Woodrow Wilson. First Inaugural Address.
  • Mario Savio. "An End to History."

  
  

• Speeches 81-90
  • Elizabeth Glaser. Speech at the 1992 Democratic National Convention. ("AIDS: A Personal Story")
  • Eugene V. Debs. "The Issue."
  • Margaret Sanger. The Children's Era.
  • Ursula Le Guin. "A Left-Handed Commencement Address."
  • Crystal Eastman. "Now We Can Begin."
  • Huey P. Long. Radio Broadcast. ("Share Our Wealth")
  • Gerald Ford. Address on Taking the Oath of Office. ("Our Long National Nightmare is Over")
  • Cesar Chavez. "Speech on Ending His Fast."
  • Elizabeth Gurley Flynn. Statement at the Smith Act Trial.
  • Jimmy Carter. Address to the Nation on Energy and National Crisis. ("A Crisis of Confidence")

  
  

• Speeches 91-100
  • Malcolm X. "Message to the Grassroots."
  • Bill Clinton. Speech at the Prayer Service for Victims of the Oklahoma City Bombing.
  • Shirley Chisholm. "For the Equal Rights Amendment."
  • Ronald Reagan. Address at the Brandenburg Gate. ("Tear Down the Wall")
  • Elie Wiesel. "The Perils of Indifference."
  • Gerald Ford. Address to the Nation on Pardoning Richard M. Nixon.
  • Woodrow Wilson. "For the League of Nations."
  • Lyndon B. Johnson. Address to Congress after Assuming the Presidency. ("Let Us Continue")
  • Joseph Welch. Defense of Fred Fisher at the Army-McCarthy Hearings. ("Have You No Sense of Decency?")
  • Eleanor Roosevelt. "Adoption of the Declaration of Human Rights."

Top 10 Speeches

• Rank:1 King, Martin Luther, Jr. "I Have a Dream." 28 August 1963. Washington, D.C. [Also known as The Address at the March on Washington]
  
  
  • TEXT: Full text available at the U.S. Constitution Online.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Full audio of speech from the University of Minnesota Extension division.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Life Magazine coverage of the March on Washington. March photos also available from the National Coalition to Save our Mall.

  
  

• Rank:2 Kennedy, John F. Inaugural Address. 20 January 1961. Washington, D.C.
  
  
  • TEXT:Full text available at the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum, Boston.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO:Full audio of speech found at the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum, Boston.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Photograph of inaugural from the National Archives.

  
  

• Rank:3 Roosevelt, Franklin D. First Inaugural Address. 4 March 1933. Washington, D.C.
  
  
  • TEXT:Full text of the "Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself" speech at HistoryMatters.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Audio excerpt of speech at HistoryMatters.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Image from inauguration in a 1933 timeline from the University of Virginia.

  
  

• Rank:4 Roosevelt, Franklin D. The War Message. 8 December 1941. Washington, D.C. [Also known as "A Date Which Will Live in Infamy"]
  • TEXT:Full text of speech available at HistoryMatters.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO:Full audio of the radio broadcast available at HistoryMatters.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: FDR and the "Day of Infamy" speech.

  
  

• Rank:5 Jordan, Barbara. Keynote Speech to the Democratic National Convention. 12 July 1976. New York, New York.
  • TEXT:Full text of Jordan's "Who Will Speak for the Common Good" address.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Audio of Jordan's speech at the History Channel.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Photograph of Jordan delivering address at 1976 DNC.

  
  

• Rank:6 Nixon, Richard M. "My Side of the Story." 23 September 1952. Los Angeles, California. [Also known as Checkers]
  • TEXT: Full text of the famous "Checkers" speech at Watergate.Info.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Full audio of the Checkers speech at Watergate.Info.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Photo still from Senator Nixon's televised speech.

  
  

• Rank:7 Malcolm X. "The Ballot or the Bullet." 3 April 1964. Cleveland, Ohio.
  • TEXT:Entire text of Malcolm X's address.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Audio of Malcolm X's address at AmericanRhetoric.com. Content note included.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Still photograph from Malcolm X's speech at AmericanRhetoric.com.

  
  

• Rank:8 Reagan, Ronald. Address to the Nation on the Challenger Disaster. 28 January 1986. Washington, D.C.
  • TEXT: Complete text of the Challenger Disaster speech available at the Reagan Foundation.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Full content/audio of Reagan's televised address at AmericanRhetoric.com.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Photo still from Reagan's television appearance.

  
  

• Rank:9 Kennedy, John F. Speech to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association. 12 September 1960. Houston, Texas.
  • TEXT:Entire content of JFK's speech at the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum, Boston.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO:Full audio content of the address at the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum, Boston.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: No photo available from address.

  
  

• Rank:10 Johnson, Lyndon D. Address to Congress on the Voting Rights Act. 15 March 1965. Washington, D.C. [Also known as "We Shall Overcome"]
  • TEXT: Full text of Johnson's address from his presidential library
  • AUDIO/VIDEO:Full audio of speech.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Photograph of LBJ signing the Voting Rights Act; image from the Library of Congress's Exhibit "The Civil Rights Era."

Speeches 11-20

• Rank:11 Cuomo, Mario. Keynote Speech to the Democratic National Convention. 17 July 1984. San Francisco, California. [Also known as A Tale of Two Cities address]
  • TEXT: Full text of DNC address at AmericanRhetoric.com.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Full audio content of speech at the History Channel.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Image of Cuomo at 1984 DNC featured in website from McGill University (Canada).

  
  

• Rank:12 Jackson, Jesse. Speech at the Democratic National Convention. 17 July 1984. San Francisco, California. [Also known as "The Rainbow Coalition"]
  • TEXT: Full text of DNC address at PBS Frontline series' episode, "The Pilgrimage of Jesse Jackson."
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Entire address available at AmericanRhetoric.com.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Photograph from 1984 DNC campaign and convention, including the Rainbow Coalition.

  
  

• Rank:13 Jordan, Barbara. Statement on the Articles of Impeachment. 25 July 1974. Washington, D.C. [Also known as the "Opening Statement to the House Judiciary Committee, Proceedings on the Impeachment of Richard Nixon."]
  • TEXT: Full text of Jordan's speech in the feminist oral history website "Gifts of Speech" from Sweet Briar College.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Entire audio content available at AmericanRhetoric.com.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: July 1974 Jordan photo from Smithsonian Archives' online exhibit "The Congressional Hearings: The Senate Watergate Hearings."

  
  

• Rank:14 MacArthur, Douglas. Farewell Address to Congress. 19 April 1951. Washington, D.C. [Also known as "Old Soldiers Never Die"]
  • TEXT:Actual typed text of MacArthur's speech viewed in "American Treasures of the Library of Congress." Full text also available.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Full audio content available via the History Channel.
  • PHOTOGRAPH:Photograph of General MacArthur from the Harry S. Truman Presidential Museum and Library.

• Rank:15 King, Martin Luther, Jr. "I've Been to the Mountaintop." 3 April 1968. Memphis, Tennessee. [NOTE: King's last public address prior to assassination.]
  • TEXT:Full content of last public speech via the "Memphis: We Remember" website.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Audio excerpt available from the Martin Luther King Papers Project, Stanford University.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Still photograph from address found in FOCUS Magzine's coverage of 1968 speech.

  
  

• Rank:16 Roosevelt, Theodore. "The Man with the Muckrake." 14 April 1906. Washington, D.C.
  • TEXT: Full text of the "Muck Rake speech" at TheodoreRoosevelt.com.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO:No audio available.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Portrait of Teddy Roosevelt, the 26th American president. Image of Roosevelt on the campaign trail also available.

  
  

• Rank:17 Kennedy, Robert F. Statement on the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. 4 April 1968. Indianapolis, Indiana.
  • TEXT: Full content found at the Martin Luther King National Historic Site, U.S. National Park Service.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Full audio of rally and speech at AmericanRhetoric.com.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: 1963 White House photo of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King at the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial website.

• Rank:18 Eisenhower, Dwight D. Farewell Address. 17 January 1961. Washington, D.C.
  • TEXT:Full content of closing address to the nation.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Entire audio content available via the History Channel.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Eisenhower's portrait from a CNN presidential art collection exhibit.

• Rank:19 Wilson, Woodrow. The War Message. 2 April 1917. Washington, D.C. [Also known as "The World Must be Made Safe for Democracy"]
  • TEXT: Full content of Wilson's address via Brigham Young University.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO:No audio available.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Image of Wilson delivering address to Congress.

• Rank:20 MacArthur, Douglas. Farewell Address at the U.S. Military Academy. 12 May 1962. West Point, New York. [Also known as "Duty, Honor, and Country"]
  • TEXT: Full content of West Point address available via AmericanRhetoric.com.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Full audio content of West Point address available via AmericanRhetoric.com.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Profile of MacArthur, West Point class of 1903 via the Museum of American History, Smithsonian.

Speeches 21-30

• Rank:21 Nixon, Richard M. Address to the Nation on the War in Vietnam. 3 November 1969. Washington, D.C. [Also known as The Great Silent Majority]
  • TEXT: Full content of the television address at Watergate.info.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Excerpt from the address available at AmericanRhetoric.com.
  • PHOTOGRAPH:Photo still from television address found at CNN's "Cold War" website.

  
  

• Rank:22 Kennedy, John F. "Ich bin ein Berliner." 26 June 1963. West Berlin, Germany.
  • TEXT:Entire content of the "Remarks in the Rudolph Wilde Platz, West Berlin" from the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum, Boston.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Full audio address offered via AmericanRhetoric.com.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Photograph of JFK's limosine in the parade celebrating his Berlin visit. Photograph of JFK at the podium delivering Berlin address also available from the University of South Dakota.

• Rank:23 Darrow, Clarence. Plea for Mercy at the Trial of Leopold and Loeb. 22-23,25 August 1924. Chicago, Illinois.
  • TEXT: Entire text of Darrow's famous, landmark plea at AmericanRhetoric.com.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO:No audio available.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Photograph featuring Darrow and Leopold at trial from the University of Missouri, Kansas City's (UMKC) website, "Famous Trials." Photograph of Darrow at the arraignment from UMKC's "Famous Trials" website.

• Rank:24 Conwell, Russell. "Acres of Diamonds." 1900-1925. Delivered at many locations in United States.
  • TEXT: Full content of the "Diamonds" speech from Temple University.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Full audio content of most common version of speech available at AmericanRhetoric.com.
  • PHOTOGRAPH:: Photograph and personal history of Conwell, founder of Temple University.

• Rank:25 Reagan, Ronald. Televised Speech on Behalf of Barry Goldwater. 27 October 1964. Los Angeles, California. [Also known as "A Time of Choosing"]
  • TEXT: Full content of Reagan's speech that placed him on the national, political stage at the Reagan Foundation website.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Full audio of Reagan's address at AmericanRhetoric.com.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Full video of address in the American Museum of the Moving Image's exhibit, "The Living Room Candidate": "Time for Choosing, 1964."

• Rank:26 Long, Huey Pierce. "Every Man a King." 23 February 1934. Washington, D.C.
  • TEXT: Full text of Long's famous address from AmericanRhetoric.com
  • AUDIO/VIDEO:No audio available.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Photograph of Senator Huey Long at the Social Security Administration's website.

• Rank:27 Shaw, Anna Howard. "The Fundamental Principle of a Republic." 21 June 1915. Ogdensburg, New York.
  • TEXT:Full content of Shaw's address at the "Gifts of Speech" feminist history website from Sweet Briar College.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO:No audio available.
  • PHOTOGRAPH:Photograph of the suffragist and educator at the Anna Howard Shaw Center, Boston University School of Theology.

• Rank:28 Roosevelt, Franklin D. "The Arsenal of Democracy." 29 December 1940. Washington, D.C.
  • TEXT:Full content of FDR's fireside chat available from the FDR presidential library and museum.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Audio of FDR delivering fireside chat in 1930s CBS radio broadcast.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Photograph of Roosevelt delivering fireside chat to the nation.

• Rank:29 Reagan, Ronald. Speech to the National Association of Evangelicals. 8 March 1983. Orlando, Florida. [Also known as The Evil Empire]
  • TEXT: Full content of Reagan's "Evil Empire" address on the wages of Communism.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Entire audio content available at AmericanRhetoric.com.
  • PHOTOGRAPH:Photograph still from Reagan's Orlando political rally.

• Rank:30 Reagan, Ronald. First Inaugural Address. 20 January 1981. Washington, D.C.
  • TEXT: Reagan's first inaugural address included in the Avalon Project, Yale Law School.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Full audio content of first inaugural address at Miller Center for Public Affairs, University of Virginia
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Photographic stills from Reagan's address provided by Reagan2020.

Speeches 31-40

• Rank:31 Roosevelt, Franklin D. The First Fireside Chat. 12 March 1933. Washington, D.C. [Also known as "The Banking Crisis"]
  • TEXT:Full text of FDR's first radio chat from the FDR presidential library and museum.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Full audio coverage of the address from the Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Photograph from the first fireside chat in "Echoes from the White House" (PBS special).

• Rank:32 Truman, Harry S. Address to Congress on Greece and Turkey.12 March 1947. Washington, D.C. [Also known as The Truman Doctrine]
  • TEXT:Entire speech content of the congressional address from the Avalon Project, Yale School of Law.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Full audio content of Truman's international proposals at AmericanRhetoric.com.
  • PHOTOGRAPH:Photographic still from Truman's address located at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library.

• Rank:33 Faulkner, William. Speech Accepting the Nobel Prize in Literature. 10 December 1950. Stockholm, Sweden.
  • TEXT: Full content of Faulkner's banquet acceptance speech at the Nobel Museum.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Full audio coverage of the Nobel speech by Faulkner at the Nobel Museum.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Image from the acceptance speech included in extensive biography from the University of Mississippi.

• Rank:34 Debs, Eugene V. Statement to the Court. 14 September 1918. Cleveland, Ohio.
  • TEXT:Full content of Debs' court statement at Marxists.org.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO:No audio available.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Image of Debs, provided by the University of Virginia, during his Sedition Act trial. Image also available via the Eugene V. Debs Internet Archive.

• Rank:35 Clinton, Hillary Rodham. Address to the U.N. Fourth World Conference on Women. 5 September 1995. Beijing, China. [Also known as "Women's Rights are Humans Rights"]
  • TEXT:Full content of Clinton's address to the 1995 conference on women.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO:No audio available.
  • PHOTOGRAPH:Photographic still from Clinton's address provided by the U.N. Conference on Women website.

  
  

• Rank:36 Eisenhower, Dwight D. "Atoms for Peace." 8 December 1953. New York, New York.
  • TEXT: Full content of Eisenhower's landmark speech on nuclear power provided by the Eisenhower Institute. Website also features extensive coverage of Cold War issues.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO:Video excerpt of speech available. Full audio of address found at the World Nuclear University.
  • PHOTOGRAPH:Photograph of Eisenhower delivering address at the UN General Assembly available at the University of Texas.

• Rank:37 Kennedy, John F. American University Speech. 10 June 1963. Washington, D.C. [Also known as the Commencement Address at the American University]
  • TEXT: JFK's American University speech (full content) from PBS's The American Experience.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO:Full audio content of the American University speech at the JFK Presidential Library.
  • PHOTOGRAPH:Photograph from JFK's American University address.

• Rank:38 Richards, Ann. Keynote Speech to the Democratic National Convention. 18 July 1988. Atlanta, Georgia.
  • TEXT:Full content of Richards' speech at "Gifts of Speech," a feminist history website, from Sweet Briar College.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Complete audio coverage of Richards' DNC speech at AmericanRhetoric.com.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Photograph of Ann Richards (at her inauguration) from the State Library of Texas.

• Rank:39 Nixon, Richard M. Address to the Nation Resigning the Presidency. 8 August 1974. Washington, D.C.
  • TEXT:Full text of resignation speech in PBS's program "Character Above All."
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Entire audio coverage of speech via the History Channel archives.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Video image still (from broadcast) featured in CNN's 25th anniversary coverage of Watergate.

• Rank:40 Wilson, Woodrow. "The Fourteen Points." 8 January 1918. Washington, D.C.
  • TEXT:Full content of Wilson's Congressional speech available at Brigham Young University.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO:No audio available.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Image from Wilson's address provided by the Federal Observer newsletter.

Speeches 41-50

• Rank:41 Smith, Margaret Chase. "Declaration of Conscience." 1 June 1950. Washington, D.C.
  • TEXT: Full content of Smith's speech available through U.S. Senate's website, history division.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Audio excerpt of speech provided by the History Channel.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Photograph of Smith provided by the U.S. Senate's website, history division.

• Rank:42 Roosevelt, Franklin D. "The Four Freedoms." 6 January 1941. Washington, D.C.
  • TEXT: Full text of address provided by the FDR Presidential Library and Museum.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Audio excerpt from speech offered by FDR Presidential Library and Museum.
  • PHOTOGRAPH:Texts of the Four Freedoms as seen in the FDR Presidential Memorial. Official site for FDR Presidential Memorial, Washington, D.C.

• Rank:43 King, Martin Luther, Jr. Speech at Riverside Church. 4 April 1967. New York, New York. [Also known as "A Time to Break Silence"]
  • TEXT:Complete text of King's legendary speech on Vietnam.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Audio excerpt from Riverside address available at the Martin Luther King Papers Project, Stanford University.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Images of King provided by CNN.

• Rank:44 Terrell, Mary Church. "What it Means to be Colored in the Capital of the United States." 10 October 1906. Washington, D.C.
  • TEXT: Complete text of Terrell's speech at AmericanRhetoric.com
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: No audio available.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Photograph of Terrell provided by America's Library.

  
  

• Rank:45 Bryan, William Jennings. Speech Accepting the Democratic Presidential Nomination. 8 August 1900. Indianapolis, Indiana. [Also known as "Against Imperialism"]
  • TEXT: Full text of Bryan's "Against Imperialism" speech at AmericanRhetoric.com.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Audio excerpt of Bryan's speech at the History Channel. Several Bryan audio selections available at the Vincent Voice Library.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Image of Bryan from the Vincent Voice Library.

• Rank:46 Sanger, Margaret. "A Moral Necessity for Birth Control." 1921-1922. Delivered several times for the American Birth Control League.
  • TEXT: Widely delivered version of Sanger's controversial speech at AmericanRhetoric.com.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: No audio available.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Photograph of Sanger available at the Margaret Sanger Papers Project, NYU.

  
  

• Rank:47 Bush, Barbara. Commencement Speech at Wellesley College. 1 June 1990. Wellesley, Massachusetts. [Also known as "Choices and Change"]
  • TEXT: Complete text of Bush's address at Gifts of Speech, a feminist oral history project of Sweet Briar College.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Full audio of Bush's address at the Bush Presidential Library.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Photo of Barbara Bush at Wellesley available at the Bush Presidential Library.

• Rank:48 Kennedy, John F. Address to the Nation on Civil Rights. 11 June 1963. Washington, D.C. [Also known as "A Moral Issue"]
  • TEXT: Complete text of Kennedy's address at the JFK Presidential Library and Museum, Boston.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Audio content of Kennedy's address from the JFK Presidential Library.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: JFK and the Civil Rights Bill,a group photo at the White House. Image available through the White House website, "Oval Office History" section.

  
  

• Rank:49 Kennedy, John F. Address to the Nation on the Cuban Missile Crisis. 22 October 1962. Washington, D.C.
  • TEXT: Entire content of the Missile Crisis speech found at the JFK Presidential Library.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO:Complete audio content of the televised address found at the JFK Presidential Library.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Photograph of Kennedy and Soviet Ambassador Gromyko during historic White House meeting. Other missile crisis images available at the JFK Presidential Library.

  
  

• Rank:50 Agnew, Spiro. "Television News Coverage." 13 November 1969. Des Moines, Iowa.
  • TEXT: Full content of Agnew's theory of slanted media at AmericanRhetoric.com.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Audio excerpt of Agnew's most-remembered speech from the History Channel.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Photograph of Agnew, the only American Vice-President to resign, at Watergate.com.

Speeches 51-60

• Rank:51 Jackson, Jesse. Speech to the Democratic National Convention. 20 July 1988. Atlanta, Georgia. [Also known as "Common Ground and Common Sense"]
  • TEXT: Full content of Jackson's speech from the "Pilgrimage of Jesse Jackson," an episode of PBS's series, Frontline.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Audio excerpt from Jackson's "Common Ground" landmark speech from the PBS series "The Pilgrimage of Jesse Jackson."
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Photograph of Jackson addressing the Harvard Law School (2001).

• Rank:52 Fisher, Mary. Speech to the Republican National Convention. 19 August 1992. Houston, Texas. [Also known as "A Whisper of AIDS"]
  • TEXT: Full content of Fisher's landmark AIDS address at Gifts of Speech, sponsored by Sweet Briar College.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: No audio available.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Portrait of Mary Fisher, activist and member of the Harvard AIDS Institute.

• Rank:53 Johnson, Lyndon B. "The Great Society." [Remarks at the University of Michigan] 22 May 1964. Ann Arbor, Michigan.
  • TEXT: Complete text of speech at CNN's website, "The Cold War."
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Full audio content of the "Great Society" speech at the Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia. Video excerpt from speech also available.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Photographic still from Johnson's University of Michigan commencement address.

• Rank:54 Marshall, George C. "The Marshall Plan." 5 June 1947. Harvard University. Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  • TEXT: Complete text of the landmark "Marshall Plan" at The Marshall Foundation.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Audio excerpt of Marshall's address at the History Channel.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Marshall's selection as Time's "Person of the Year" for 1943 and 1947 (magazine covers).

• Rank:55 Kennedy, Edward M. "Truth and Tolerance in America." 3 October 1983. Lynchburg, Virginia.
  • TEXT:Full text of Kennedy's speech at AmericanRhetoric.com.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Complete audio content of Kennedy's speech at AmericanRhetoric.com.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Photograph of Edward Kennedy (2003).

• Rank:56 Stevenson, Adlai. Speech Accepting the Democratic Presidential Nomination. 26 July 1952. Chicago, Illinois. [Also known as "Let's Talk Sense to American People."]
  • TEXT: Full text of Stevenson's address at AmericanRhetoric.com.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: No audio available.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Photograph and biography of Stevenson.

• Rank:57 Roosevelt, Eleanor. "The Struggle for Human Rights." 28 September 1948. Paris, France.
  • TEXT: Full content of Roosevelt's speech in honor of the UN's "Universal Declaration of Human Rights" at the Social Justice Speeches Project.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: No audio available.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Roosevelt biography and photograph with UN declaration.

• Rank:58 Ferraro, Geraldine. Speech Accepting the Democratic Vice-Presidential Nomination. 19 July 1984. San Francisco, California.
  • TEXT: Complete text of Ferraro's acceptance speech at Gifts of Speech, a feminist oral history project from Sweet Briar College.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Full audio of Ferraro's address at the History Channel.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Image of Ferraro and Walter Mondale on the 1984 campaign trail. Image from the Minnesota State Historical Society.

  
  

• Rank:59 La Follette, Robert M. "Free Speech in Wartime." 6 October 1917. Washington, D.C.
  • TEXT: Abridged version of speech available at AmericanRhetoric.com.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: No audio available.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Portrait and biography of La Follette in the U.S. Senate website.

• Rank:60 Reagan, Ronald. Address at the U.S. Ranger Monument on the 40th Anniversary of D-Day. 6 June 1984. Point du Hoc, Normandy, France.
  • TEXT: Complete text of Reagan's powerful D-Day speech provided by MSNBC.com.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Full audio of Reagan's D-Day speech at AmericanRhetoric.com.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Image of Reagan delivering address at Omaha Beach.

  
  

Speeches 61-70

• Rank:61 Cuomo, Mario. "Religious Belief and Public Morality." 13 September 1984. Notre Dame, Indiana.
  • TEXT: Full text of Cuomo's speech found at the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: No audio available.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Photograph and biography of Cuomo, the 52nd governor of New York.

• Rank:62 Kennedy, Edward M. Televised Statement. 25 July 1969. Boston, Massachusetts. [Also known as "Chappaquiddick"]
  • TEXT: Full content of Kennedy's controversial explanation of Chappaquiddick.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Short excerpt from Kennedy's address at AmericanRhetoric.com.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Photographic still from Kennedy's televised statement.

• Rank:63 Lewis, John L. "Labor and the Nation." 3 September 1937. Washington, D.C. [Also known as "The Rights of Labor."]
  • TEXT: Complete content of Lewis's speech at AmericanRhetoric.com.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: No audio available.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Photographic portrait of Lewis by Yousuf Karsh.

• Rank:64 Goldwater, Barry. Speech Accepting the Republican Presidential Nomination. 16 July 1964. San Francisco, California. [Also known as "Extremism in the Defense of Liberty is No Vice."]
  • TEXT: Complete content of Goldwater's 1964 nomination acceptance speech at the Washington Post website.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Short excerpt from Goldwater's nomination address at HistoryChannel.com.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Photograph depicting Goldwater receiving nomination as July 24, 1964 Time magazine cover.

• Rank:65 Carmichael, Stokely. "Black Power." October 1966. Berkeley, California.
  • TEXT: Full text of Carmichael's 1966 landmark speech at AmericanRhetoric.com.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: No audio available.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: BBC News profile of Carmichael, founding member of Black Panthers, at time of his death (11/15/98).

• Rank:66 Humphrey, Hubert H. Speech at the Democratic National Convention. 14 July 1948. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [Also known as "The Sunshine of Human Rights."]
  • TEXT: Full text of Humphrey's DNC speech at PBS's "Great American Speeches."
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: No audio available.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Humphrey photograph on cover of Time magazine for April 1, 1966.

• Rank:67 Goldman, Emma. Address to the Jury. 9 July 1917. New York, New York.
  • TEXT: Complete text of Goldman's defense in her anti-conscription trial found at the Emma Goldman Papers Project, UC Berkeley.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: No audio available.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Photograph and detailed biography offered with "Emma Goldman" episode of PBS's "The American Experience."

  
  

• Rank:68 Catt, Carrie Chapman. "The Crisis." 7 September 1916. Atlantic City, New Jersey.
  • TEXT: Entire content of Catt's speech available from the Social Justice Speeches Project.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: No audio available.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Photograph and biography contained in the "Votes for Women" exhibit at the Library of Congress. Photo also available from the Iowa State University Alumni Association.

• Rank:69 Minow, Newton W. "Television and the Public Interest." 9 May 1961. Washington, D.C. [Also known as "A Vast Wasteland."]
  • TEXT: Complete text of Minow's declaration against television programming at AmericanRhetoric.com.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Full audio content of Minow's landmark address at the History Channel.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Photograph of Minow from "Today in Technology History" from the Center for the Study of Technology and Society.

• Rank:70 Kennedy, Edward M. Eulogy to Robert Kennedy. 8 June 1968. New York, New York.
  • TEXT: Complete text of eulogy at the JFK Presidential Library and Museum.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Full audio coverage of Kennedy's eulogy provided by the JFK Library and Museum.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Photograph from Kennedy funeral and narrative about assassination.

Speeches 71-80

• Rank:71 Hill, Anita. Statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee. 11 October 1991. Washington, D.C.
  • TEXT: Excerpt of Hill testimony and Thomas's prepared statement provided by the University of Maryland.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Audio excerpt of testimony offered by the History Channel.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Image of Hill testifying at Thomas hearings provided by PBS's NewsHour series, "Double Standard" feature (March 18, 1998).

  
  

• Rank:72 Wilson, Woodrow. Final Address in Support of the League of Nations. 25 September 1919. Pueblo, Colorado.
  • TEXT: Full content of Wilson's address at AmericanRhetoric.com.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: No audio available.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Photograph of Wilson, Lloyd George, and Clemenceau attending League's first meeting.

• Rank:73 Gehrig, Lou. Farewell to Baseball. 4 July 1939. New York, New York.
  • TEXT: Complete text of Gehrig's retirement address at the Modern History Sourcebook.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Audio excerpt of the famous farewell provided by The History Channel.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Biography and photograph of Gehrig from the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

• Rank:74 Nixon, Richard M. Address to the Nation on the Cambodian Incursion. 30 April 1970. Washington, D.C.
  • TEXT: Full content of Nixon's speech provided by the Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Complete audio of the address at AmericanRhetoric.com.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: 1970 television still from the Nixon library archives.

• Rank:75 Catt, Carrie Chapman. "Address to the United States Congress." November 1917. Washington, D.C.
  • TEXT: Full text of Catt's speech provided by the women's history division of About.com.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: No audio available.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Images and biography of Catt offered by her childhood home's foundation in Charles City, Iowa.

  
  

• Rank:76 Kennedy, Edward M. Speech at the Democratic National Convention. 12 August 1980. New York, New York. [Also known as "The Dream Shall Never Die."]
  • TEXT: Full content of Kennedy's DNC address at the JFK Library and Museum.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: No audio available.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Image of Kennedy at 1980 DNC provided by CNN.com.

• Rank:77 Johnson, Lyndon B. Address to the Nation on Vietnam and the Decision Not to Seek Re-Election. 31 March 1968. Washington, D.C.
  • TEXT: Full content of Johnson's speech at the LBJ Library and Museum.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Complete audio coverage of address at Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Presidential portrait of Johnson provided in CNN.com presidential history exhibit.

• Rank:78 Roosevelt, Franklin D. Speech to the Commonwealth Club. 23 September 1932. San Francisco, California.
  • TEXT: Complete text of Roosevelt's speech provided by AmericanRhetoric.com
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: No audio available.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Photograph of Roosevelt found at the FDR Presidential Library and Museum.

• Rank:79 Wilson, Woodrow. First Inaugural Address. 4 March 1913. Washington, D.C.
  • TEXT: Full content of address offered by the Avalon Project, Yale law School.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: No audio available.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Image of Wilson from inaugural featured in PBS program "Freedom: A History of US."

  
  

• Rank:80 Savio, Mario. "An End to History." 2 December 1964. Berkeley,California.
  • TEXT: Original text of Savio's speech offered with author commentary.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: No audio available.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Images of Savio and UC Berkeley "Free Speech" movement from Bancroftiana, the UC Berkeley library magazine (no.114, Spr 1999).

Speeches 81-90

• Rank:81 Glaser, Elizabeth. Speech at the Democratic National Convention. 14 July 1992. New York, New York. [Also known as "AIDS: A Personal Story."]
  • TEXT: Complete text of Glaser's emotional address at AmericanRhetoric.com.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: No audio available.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Photograph of Glaser, founder of the Elisabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation.

• Rank:82 Debs, Eugene V. "The Issue." 23 May 1908. Girard, Kansas.
  • TEXT: Full text of address offered by the DOUGLASS Archives, Northwestern University School of Speech Communication Studies.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: No audio available.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Images of Debs from the Debs Collection, Indiana State University.

• Rank:83 Sanger, Margaret. The Children's Era. March 1925. New York, New York.
  • TEXT: Entire content of Sanger's speech at the Social Justice Speeches Project.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: No audio available.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Several images of Sanger at the Margaret Sanger Papers Project, NYU.

  
  

• Rank:84 Le Guin, Ursula. "A Left-Handed Commencement Address." 22 May 1983. Oakland, California.
  • TEXT: Full text of graduation speech at Gifts of Speech, Sweet Briar College.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: No audio available.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Photographs and biography of LeGuin at her official website.

  
  

• Rank:85 Eastman, Crystal. "Now We Can Begin." September-October 1920. New York, New York.
  • TEXT: Total speech content found through Women's History division of About.com.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: No audio available.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Photograph of Eastman from the library archives, University of Wisconsin.

• Rank:86 Long, Huey Pierce. Radio Broadcast of March 7, 1935. 7 March 1935. Washington, D.C. [Also known as "Share Our Wealth."]
  • TEXT: Complete content of Long's speech at AmericanRhetoric.com.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: No audio available.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Long featured on cover of October 3, 1932 issue of Time magazine.

• Rank:87 Ford, Gerald. Address on Taking the Oath of Office. 9 August 1974. Washington, D.C. [Also known as "Our Long National Nightmare is Over."]
  • TEXT: Ford's swearing-in speech provided by the Gerald Ford Library and Museum.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Full audio of Ford's statement at AmericanRhetoric.com.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Photos and biography available at the Ford Library and Museum.

• Rank:88 Chavez, Cesar. Speech on Ending His Fast. 10 March 1968. Delano, California.
  • TEXT: Complete text of "The Mexican-American and the Church," Chavez's speech after his 25-day spiritual fast.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: No audio available.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Chavez portrait on 2003 U.S. postage stamp with detailed biography from the U.S. State Department.

• Rank:89 Flynn, Elizabeth Gurley. Statement at the Smith Act Trial. 2 February 1953. New York, New York.
  • TEXT: Full content of Flynn's defense speech at AmericanRhetoric.com.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: No audio available.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Biography and photos of Flynn from the PBS series "Faces of Protest."

• Rank:90 Carter, Jimmy. Address to the Nation on Energy and National Goals. 15 July 1979. Washington, D.C. [Also known as "A Crisis of Confidence."]
  • TEXT: Complete text of the energy speech from the PBS American Experience episode, "Jimmy Carter."
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Full audio of the confidence speech at AmericanRhetoric.com.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Biography and photos at the Carter Presidential Library and Museum.

Speeches 91-100

• Rank:91 Malcolm X. "Message to the Grassroots." 10 November 1963. Detroit, Michigan.
  • TEXT: Full content of Malcolm's passionate speech at AmericanRhetoric.com.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Complete audio of the grassroots speech at Brothermalcolm.net.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Panorama of photos throughout Malcolm X's life offered by Malcolm-x.org.

  
  
  

• Rank:92 Clinton, Bill. Speech at the Prayer Service for Victims of the Oklahoma City Bombing. 23 April 1995. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
  • TEXT: Speech text provided by the Program in Presidential Rhetoric, Texas A&M University.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: No audio available.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Images of Clinton at service from White House coverage of the event.

• Rank:93 Chisholm, Shirley. "For the Equal Rights Amendment." 10 August 1970. Washington, D.C.
  • TEXT: Full content of Chisholm's address from Gifts of Speech, Sweet Briar College.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: No audio available.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Photographs and biography provided by PBS resource, "African American World."

• Rank:94 Reagan, Ronald. Address at the Brandenburg Gate. 12 June 1987. West Berlin, Germany.
  • TEXT: Full text of "Tear Down the Wall" from the Reagan Foundation.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Long excerpt from Reagan's speech at AmericanRhetoric.com.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Image of Reagan delivering speech (at the gate) included in CNN.com retrospective of Reagan presidency.

• Rank:95 Wiesel, Elie. "The Perils of Indifference." 12 April 1999. Washington, D.C.
  • TEXT: Complete text of Wiesel's speech at AmericanRhetoric.com.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Full audio content of address at AmericanRhetoric.com.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Photographs and biography of Wiesel, a peace activist and Holocaust survivor, provided by the Elie Wiesel Foundation.

• Rank:96 Ford, Gerald. Address to the Nation Pardoning Richard M. Nixon. 8 September 1974. Washington, D.C.
  • TEXT: Full text of the controversial pardon at Watergate.info.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Complete audio of Ford's speech at Watergate.info.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Image still from television broadcast in CNN.com's coverage of Watergate's 25th anniversary.

• Rank:97 Wilson, Woodrow. "For the League of Nations." 6 September 1919. Des Moines, Iowa.
  • TEXT: Wilson's complete speech text found at AmericanRhetoric.com.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: No audio available.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Photographs and biography from PBS's American Experience series, "Woodrow Wilson."

• Rank:98 Johnson, Lyndon B. Address to Congress after Assuming the Presidency. 27 November 1963. Washington, D.C. [Also known as "Let us Continue"]
  • TEXT: Text of Johnson's Congressional address at the LBJ Library and Museum.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Complete audio offered by the LBJ Presidential Library and Museum.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: World-famous image of Johnson's swearing-in aboard Air Force One on November 22, 1963.

• Rank:99 Welch, Joseph. Defense of Fred Fisher at the Army-McCarthy Hearings. 9 June 1954. Washington, D.C. [Also known as "Have You No Sense of Decency?"]
  • TEXT: Full content of the McCarthy-Welch heated exchange at AmericanRhetoric.com.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: In-depth transcript and audio of Welch address at AmericanRhetoric.com.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Welch photos at McCarthy hearings and narrative on "Red-Scare" crisis.

• Rank:100 Roosevelt, Eleanor. "Adoption of the Declaration of Human Rights." 9 December 1948. Paris, France.
  • TEXT: Full UN address coverage from the Social Justice Speeches Project.
  • AUDIO/VIDEO: Short audio excerpt from Roosevelt's speech at AmericanRhetoric.com.
  • PHOTOGRAPH: Image of Roosevelt holding copy of declaration provided by United Nations website.

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• Great American Speeches: Speaker Name Index
• Great American Speeches: Speaker Name Index: Women
• Great American Speeches: Speech Title Index
• Great American Speeches: Chronological Index
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