Entries with common/famous and formal titles are cross-referenced under both options. Example: "My Side of the Story." Nixon, Richard. 23 September 1952. (#6) SEE: "Checkers."

Title Index: Title, Speaker, Date, and Rank.

• "Acres of Diamonds." Conwell, Russell. 1900-1925. (#24)
  
  
• Address at the Brandenburg Gate. Reagan, Ronald. 12 June 1987. (#94). SEE: "Tear Down the Wall."
  
  
• Address at the U.S. Ranger Monument on the 40th Anniversary of D-Day. Reagan, Ronald. 6 June 1984. (#60)
  
  
• Address on Taking the Oath of Office. Ford, Gerald. 9 August 1974. (#87) SEE: "Our Long National Nightmare is Over."
  
  
• Address to Congress on Greece and Turkey. Truman, Harry. 12 March 1947. (#32) SEE: "The Truman Doctrine."
  
  
• Address to Congress on the Voting Rights Act. Johnson, Lyndon B. 15 March 1965. (#10) SEE: "We Shall Overcome."
  
  
• Address to the Jury. Goldman, Emma. 9 July 1917. (#67)
  
  
• Address to the Nation on Civil Rights. Kennedy, John F. 11 June 1963. (#48) SEE: "A Moral Issue."
  
  
• Address to the Nation on Energy and National Crisis. Carter, Jimmy. 15 July 1979. (#90) SEE: "A Crisis of Confidence."
  
  
• Address to the Nation on the Cambodian Incursion. Nixon, Richard M. 30 April 1970. (#74)
  
  
• Address to the Nation on the Challenger Disaster. Reagan, Ronald. 28 January 1986. (#8)
  
  
• Address to the Nation on the Cuban Missile Crisis. Kennedy, John F. 22 October 1962. (#49)
  
  
• Address to the Nation on Pardoning Richard M. Nixon. Ford, Gerald. 8 September 1974. (#96)
  
  
• Address to the Nation on the War in Vietnam. Nixon, Richard M. 3 November 1969. (#21) SEE: "The Great Silent Majority."
  
  
• Address to the Nation on Vietnam and the Decision Not to Seek Re-Election. Johnson, Lyndon B. 31 March 1968. (#77)
  
  
• Address to the Nation Resigning the Presidency. Nixon, Richard M. 8 August 1974. (#39)
  
  
• Address to the U.N. Fourth World Conference on Women. Clinton, Hillary Rodham. 5 September 1995. (#35) SEE: "Women's Rights are Human Rights."
  
  
• Address to Congress After Assuming the Presidency. Johnson, Lyndon B. 27 November 1963. (#98) SEE: "Let Us Continue."
  
  
• Address to the U.S. Congress. Catt, Carrie Chapman. November 1917. (#75)
  
  
• "Adoption of the Declaration of Human Rights." Roosevelt, Eleanor. 9 December 1948.(#100)
  
  
• "Against Imperialism." Bryan, William Jennings. 8 August 1900. (#45) SEE: Speech Accepting the 1900 Democratic Presidential Nomination.
  
  
• "AIDS: A Personal Story." Glaser, Elizabeth. 14 July 1992. (#81) SEE: Speech at the 1992 Democratic National Convention.
  
  
• The American University Speech. Kennedy, John F. 10 June 1963. (#37) SEE: Commencement Address at the American University.
  
  
• "The Arsenal of Democracy." Roosevelt, Franklin D. 29 December 1940. (#28)
  
  
• "Atoms for Peace." Eisenhower, Dwight D. 8 December 1953. (#36)
  
  
• "The Ballot or the Bullet." Malcolm X. 3 April 1964. (#7)
  
  
• "The Banking Crisis." Roosevelt, Franklin D. 12 March 1933. (#31) SEE: First Fireside Chat.
  
  
• "Black Power." Carmichael, Stokely. October 1966. (#65)
  
  
• "Chappaquiddick." Kennedy, Edward M. 25 July 1969. (#62). SEE: Televised Statement.
  
  
• "Checkers." Nixon, Richard M. 23 September 1952. (#6) SEE: "My Side of the Story."
  
  
• "The Children's Era." Sanger, Margaret. March 1925. (#83)
  
  
• "Choices and Change." Bush, Barbara. 1 June 1990. (#47) SEE: Commencement Speech at Wellesley College.
  
  
• Commencement Speech at Wellesley College. Bush, Barbara. 1 June 1990. (#47). SEE: "Choices and Change."
  
  
• "Common Ground and Common Sense." Jackson, Jesse. 20 July 1988. (#51). SEE: Speech to the 1988 Democratic National Convention.
  
  
• "The Crisis." Catt, Carrie Chapman. 7 September 1916. (#68).
  
  
• "A Crisis of Confidence." Carter, Jimmy. 15 July 1979. (#90) SEE: Address to the Nation on Energy and National Crisis.
  
  
• "A Date which Will Live in Infamy." Roosevelt, Franklin D. 8 December 1941. (#4) SEE: The War Message.
  
  
• "Declaration of Conscience." Smith, Margaret Chase. 1 June 1950. (#41)
  
  
• Defense of Fred Fisher at the Army-McCarthy Hearings. Welch, Joseph. 6 June 1954. (#99) SEE: "Have You No Sense of Decency?"
  
  
• "The Dream Shall Never Die." Kennedy, Edward M. 12 August 1980. (#76) SEE: Speech at the 1980 Democratic National Convention.
  
  
• "Duty, Honor, Country." MacArthur, Douglas. 12 May 1962. (#20) SEE: Farewell Address at the U.S. Military Academy.
  
  
• "An End to History." Savio, Mario. 2 December 1984. (#80)
  
  
• Eulogy to Robert Kennedy. Kennedy, Edward. 8 June 1968. (#70)
  
  
• "Every Man a King." Long, Huey P. 23 February 1935. (#26)
  
  
• "The Evil Empire." Reagan, Ronald. 8 March 1983. (#29). SEE: Speech to the National Association of Evangelicals.
  
  
• "Extemism in the Defense of Liberty is No Vice." Goldwater, Barry. 16 July 1964. (#64) SEE: Speech Accepting the 1964 Republican Presidential Nomination.
  
  
• Farewell Address. Eisenhower, Dwight D. 17 January 1961. (#18)
  
  
• Farewell Address at the U.S. Military Academy. MacArthur, Douglas. 12 May 1962. (#20) SEE: "Duty, Honor, Country."
  
  
• Farewell Address to Congress. MacArthur, Douglas. 19 April 1951. (#14) SEE: "Old Soldiers Never Die."
  
  
• Farewell to Baseball. Gehrig, Lou. 4 July 1939. (#73)
  
  
• Final Address in Support of the League of Nations. Wilson, Woodrow. 25 September 1919. (#72)
  
  
• First Fireside Chat. Roosevelt, Franklin D. 12 March 1933. (#31) SEE: "The Banking Crisis."
  
  
• First Inaugural Address. Reagan, Ronald. 20 January 1981. (#30)
  
  
• First Inaugural Address. Roosevelt, Franklin D. 4 March 1933. (#3)
  
  
• First Inaugural Address. Wilson, Woodrow. 4 March 1913. (#79)
  
  
• "For the Equal Rights Amendment." Chisholm, Shirley. 10 August 1970. (#93)
  
  
• "For the League of Nations." Wilson, Woodrow. 6 September 1919. (#97)
  
  
• "The Four Freedoms." Roosevelt, Franklin D. 6 January 1941. (#42)
  
  
• "The Fourteen Points." Wilson, Woodrow. 8 January 1918. (#40)
  
  
• "Free Speech in Wartime." La Follette, Robert M. 6 October 1917. (#59)
  
  
• "The Fundamental Principle of a Republic." Shaw, Anna Howard. 21 June 1915. (#27)
  
  
• "The Great Silent Majority." Nixon, Richard M. 3 November 1969. (#21) SEE: Address to the Nation on the War in Vietnam.
  
  
• "The Great Society." Johnson, Lyndon B. 22 May 1964. (#53)
  
  
• "Have You No Sense of Decency?" Welch, Joseph. 9 June 1954. (#99) SEE: Defense of Fred Fisher at the Army-McCarthy Hearings.
  
  
• "I've Been to the Mountaintop." King, Martin Luther, Jr. 3 April 1968. (#15)
  
  
• "Ich bin ein Berliner." Kennedy, John F. 26 June 1963. (#22)
  
  
• "I Have a Dream." King, Martin Luther, Jr. 28 August 1963. (#1)
  
  
• Inaugural Address. Kennedy, John F. 20 January 1961. (#2)
  
  
• "The Issue." Debs, Eugene V. 23 May 1908. (#82)
  
  
• Keynote Speech to the Democratic National Convention. Cuomo, Mario. 17 July 1984. (#11) SEE: "A Tale of Two Cities."
  
  
• Keynote Speech to the Democratic National Convention. Jordan, Barbara. 12 July 1976. (#5)
  
  
• Keynote Speech to the Democratic National Convention. Richards, Ann. 18 July 1988. (#38)
  
  
• "Labor and the Nation." Lewis, John L. 3 September 1937. (#63) SEE: "The Rights of Labor."
  
  
• "A Left-Handed Commencement Address." Le Guin, Ursula. 22 May 1983. (#84)
  
  
• "Let's Talk Sense to American People." Stevenson, Adlai. 26 July 1952. (#56) SEE: Speech Accepting the 1952 Democratic Presidential Nomination.
  
  
• "Let Us Continue." Johnson, Lyndon B. 27 November 1963. (#98) SEE: Address to Congress after Assuming the Presidency.
  
  
• "The Man with the Muckrake." Roosevelt, Theodore. 14 April 1906. (#16)
  
  
• "The Marshall Plan." Marshall, George C. 5 June 1947. (#54)
  
  
• "Message to the Grassroots." Malcolm X. 10 November 1963. (#91)
  
  
• "A Moral Issue." Kennedy, John F. 11 June 1963. (#48) SEE: Address to the Nation on Civil Rights.
  
  
• "A Moral Necessity for Birth Control." Sanger, Margaret. 1921-1922. (#46)
  
  
• "My Side of the Story." Nixon, Richard M. 23 September 1952. (#6) SEE: "Checkers."
  
  
• "Now We Can Begin." Eastman, Crystal. September-October 1920. (#85)
  
  
• "Old Soldiers Never Die." MacArthur, Douglas. 19 April 1951. (#14) SEE: Farewell Address to Congress.
  
  
• "Our Long National Nightmare is Over." Ford, Gerald. 9 August 1974. (#87) SEE: Address on Taking the Oath of Office.
  
  
• "The Perils of Indifference." Wiesel, Elie. 12 April 1999. (#95)
  
  
• Plea for Mercy at the Trial of Leopold and Loeb. Darrow, Clarence. 22-23,25 August 1924. (#23)
  
  
• Radio Broadcast. Long, Huey P. 7 March 1935. (#86) SEE: "Share Our Wealth."
  
  
• "The Rainbow Coalition." Jackson, Jesse. 17 July 1984. (#12) SEE: Speech at the 1984 Democratic National Convention.
  
  
• "Religious Belief and Public Morality." Cuomo, Mario. 13 September 1984. (#61)
  
  
• "The Rights of Labor." Lewis, John L. 3 September 1937. (#63) SEE: "Labor and the Nation."
  
  
• "Share Our Wealth." Long, Huey P. 7 March 1935. (#86) SEE: Radio Broadcast.
  
  
• Speech Accepting the Democratic Presidential Nomination. Bryan, William Jennings. 8 August 1900. (#45) SEE: "Against Imperialism."
  
  
• Speech Accepting the Democratic Presidential Nomination. Stevenson, Adlai. 26 July 1952. (#56) SEE: "Let's Talk Sense to American People."
  
  
• Speech Accepting the Democratic Vice-Presidential Nomination. Ferraro, Geraldine. 19 July 1984. (#58)
  
  
• Speech Accepting the Nobel Prize in Literature. Faulkner, William. 10 December 1950. (#33)
  
  
• Speech Accepting the Republican Presidential Nomination. Goldwater, Barry. 16 July 1964. (#64) SEE: "Extremism in the Defense of Liberty is No Vice."
  
  
• Speech at Riverside Church. King, Martin Luther, Jr. 4 April 1967. (#43) SEE: "A Time to Break Silence."
  
  
• Speech at the Democratic National Convention. Glaser, Elizabeth. 14 July 1992. (#81) SEE: "AIDS: A Personal Story."
  
  
• Speech at the Democratic National Convention. Humphrey, Hubert H. 14 July 1948. (#66) SEE: "The Sunshine of Human Rights."
  
  
• Speech at the Democratic National Convention. Jackson, Jesse. 17 July 1984. (#12) SEE: "The Rainbow Coalition."
  
  
• Speech at the Democratic National Convention. Kennedy, Edward M. 12 August 1980. (#76) SEE: "The Dream Shall Never Die."
  
  
• Speech at the Prayer Service for Victims of the Oklahoma City Bombing. Clinton, Bill. 23 April 1995. (#92)
  
  
• "Speech on Ending his Fast." Chavez, Cesar. 10 March 1968. (#88)
  
  
• Speech to the Commonwealth Club. Roosevelt, Franklin D. 23 September 1932. (#78)
  
  
• Speech to the Democratic National Convention. Jackson, Jesse. 20 July 1988. (#51) SEE: "Common Ground and Common Sense."
  
  
• Speech to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association. Kennedy, John F. 12 September 1960. (#9)
  
  
• Speech to the National Association of Evangelicals. Reagan, Ronald. 8 March 1983. (#29) SEE: "The Evil Empire."
  
  
• Speech to the Republican National Convention. Fisher, Mary. 19 August 1992. (#52) SEE: "A Whisper of AIDS."
  
  
• Statement at the Smith Act Trial. Flynn, Elizabeth Gurley. 2 February 1953. (#89)
  
  
• Statement on the Articles of Impeachment. Jordan, Barbara. 25 July 1974. (#13)
  
  
• Statement on the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Kennedy, Robert F. 4 April 1968. (#17)
  
  
• Statement to the Court. Debs, Eugene V. 14 September 1918. (#34)
  
  
• Statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Hill, Anita. 11 October 1991. (#71)
  
  
• "The Struggle for Human Rights." Roosevelt, Eleanor. 28 September 1948. (#57)
  
  
• "The Sunshine of Human Rights." Humphrey, Hubert H. 14 July 1948. (#66) SEE: Speech at the 1948 Democratic National Convention.
  
  
• "A Tale of Two Cities." Cuomo, Mario. 17 July 1984. (#11) SEE: Keynote Speech at the 1984 Democratic National Convention.
  
  
• "Tear Down the Wall." Reagan, Ronald. 12 June 1987. (#94) SEE: Address at Brandenburg Gate.
  
  
• Televised Speech on Behalf of Barry Goldwater. Reagan, Ronald. 27 October 1964. (#25) SEE: "A Time of Choosing."
  
  
• Televised Statement. Kennedy, Edward M. 25 July 1969. (#62) SEE: "Chappaquiddick."
  
  
• "Television and the Public Interest." Minow, Newton W. 9 May 1961. (#69)
  
  
• "Television News Coverage." Agnew, Spiro. 13 November 1969. (#50)
  
  
• "A Time of Choosing." Reagan, Ronald. 27 October 1964. (#25). SEE: Televised Speech on Behalf of Barry Goldwater.
  
  
• "A Time to Break Silence." King, Martin Luther, Jr. 4 April 1967. (#43) SEE: Speech at Riverside Church.
  
  
• "The Truman Doctrine." Truman, Harry S. 12 March 1947. (#32) SEE: Address to Congress on Greece and Turkey.
  
  
• "Truth and Tolerance in America." Kennedy, Edward. 3 October 1983. (#55)
  
  
• "A Vast Wasteland." Minow, Newton W. 9 May 1961. (#69) SEE: "Television and the Public Interest."
  
  
• War Message. Roosevelt, Franklin D. 8 December 1941. (#4) SEE: "A Date Which Will Live in Infamy."
  
  
• War Message. Wilson, Woodrow. 2 April 1917. (#19) SEE: "The World Must Be Made Safe for Democracy."
  
  
• "We Shall Overcome." Johnson, Lyndon B. 15 March 1965. (#10) SEE: Address to Congress on the Voting Rights Act.
  
  
• "What it Means to Be Colored in the Capital of the United States." Terrell, Mary Church. 10 October 1906. (#44)
  
  
• "A Whisper of AIDS." Fisher, Mary. 19 August 1992. (#52). SEE: Speech to the 1992 Republican National Convention.
  
  
• "Women's Rights are Human Rights." Clinton, Hillary Rodham. 5 September 1995. (#35) SEE: Address to the U.N. Fourth World Conference on Women.
  
  
• "The World Must be Made Safe for Democracy." Wilson, Woodrow. 2 April 1917. (#19). SEE: War Message.
  

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