Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt and others have their famous presidential speeches captured in this database.

The Scripps Library, through cooperation with various presidential libraries, has been collecting some of the most important presidential speeches in American history. These speeches all have transcripts, and some are available in their...

Read the speech President Harry Truman gave to the American public upon his return from the Potsdam Conference in August, 1945, following the surrender of Germany.

A handwritten text of President George Washington's Inauguration speech from April of 1789.

Features inaugural artifacts and highlights of nine presidential inaugurations starting with George Washington who established many of the ceremonial traditions that are still followed today.

This is a collection of classroom resources to engage students during the 2016 Presidential elections. These include links to news, debates in the classroom, the election process, lesson plans, historical presidential speeches, etc.

This module uses excerpts from four presidential speeches delivered during World War ll as a means to instruct students about finding the central idea and supporting evidence in primary source documents.

Text of a speech given by Franklin D. Roosevelt after he signed the bill known as the National Industrial Recovery Act. Discusses purposes and intended impact of the legislation.

An audio recording of a speech given to Americans by John F. Kennedy on October 22, 1962 where he talks about the buildup of Soviet military power in Cuba. A transcript is also provided. [17:37]

Featured are excerpts from the speech by Senator John F. Kennedy, Valley Forge Country Club, Valley Forge, PA given on October 29, 1960 during his campaign for the Presidency.

Read this impassioned speech given by President Harry S. Truman in which he gave his justification for vetoing the McCarran Internal Security Act, claiming that it would help Communists rather than root them out, as the act intended.

Here at this site from Vassar College you will find the full text of President Nixon's Speech on "Vietnamization" (11/3/69).

The pages in this section summarize available information on major historic political debates. Click on the buttons at the bottom to learn about debates that occurred in each respective year. It provides videos and transcripts of many...

Read the text of Barry Goldwater's acceptance speech for the presidential nomination at the 1964 Republican National Convention.

Former United States President Ronald Reagan served from 1981-1989. This is a collection of all of his public speeches and announcements. For convenience, the speeches may be browsed chronilogically or a keyword search.

Read the famous Cross of Gold speech given by William Jennings Bryan, Democratic party presidential candidate in 1896. The party platform was against the establishment of the gold standard.

Learn how the youngest person ever rose to the highest office in the land through this summary of JKF's 1960 campaign. Watch videos from the national convention, major speeches, and clips from the infamous debate with Richard Nixon.

Although his presidency was cut short, JFK had an immense impact on the Civil Rights Movement. Use this interactive timeline to delve into the equality issues plaguing out nation and how Kennedy addressed these concerns. By clicking on...

A short description of the Bonus March of 1932, when thousands of World War I veterans tried to claim their war bonus to help them during the Great Depression and were forcibly suppressed by the U.S. Army. Includes many primary source...

This is the CSPAN video of Adlai Stevenson's acceptance of the 1952 Democratic Presidential nomination speech which was delivered on July 26, 1952, in Chicago, Illinois.

This is the text, audio, and video [5:11] of Geraldine Ferraro's acceptance speech as the nominee for Vice President delivered on July 19, 1984, at the Democratic National Convention, in San Francisco, California.

Robert F. Kennedy's speech on the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Audio available

Herbert Hoover closed his 1928 presidential campaign with this speech, an expression of the Republican Party's philosophy of rugged individualism.

The text of Rwandan President Kagame's victory speech is found on this site. This was the first presidential election since the genocides of 1994. Links to related topics including the genocide are included.