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American Rhetoric: Spiro Theodore Agnew: "Television News Coverage"
This is the text and audio of Spiro Agnew's speech "Television News Coverage" expressing his disappointment in the news media's behavior after a Presidental speech on Vietnam; it was delivered at a Republican Midwest regional meeting on...
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American Rhetoric: Arthur W. Coviello: Rsa Conference Keynote Address
This is the text and video of Arthur W. Coviello's keynote speech at the RSA Conference delivered on February 25, 2014, in San Francisco, California.
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American Rhetoric: Ashton Carter: Defense Priorities in Era of Tight Budgets
This is the text, audio, and video [47:07) of Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter's speech "Defense Priorities in an Era of Constrained Budgets" delivered at the 2013 Center for a New American Security Annual Conference.
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American Rhetoric: Aung San Suu Kyi: Congressional Gold Medal Acceptance Address
This is the text, audio, and video [1:09:15] of the Burmese Opposition Leader, Aung San Suu Kyi's acceptance speech for the Congressional Gold Medal on September 12, 2012. at the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.
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American Rhetoric: Franklin Delano Roosevelt: "The Four Freedoms"
This is the text and audio of President Franklin Roosevelt's speech to the 77th Congress entitled "The Four Freedoms" on January 6, 1941.
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American Rhetoric: Margaret Sanger: "Children's Era"
This is the text of Margaret Sanger's speech "Children's Era" delivered in March 1925 in New York, NY.
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American Rhetoric: Adlai Stevenson: Accepting Democratic Presidential Nomination
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.
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American Rhetoric: Adrien Brody: Oscar Award for Best Actor Acceptance Address
This is the text and video of Adrien Brody's acceptance speech for his 2003 Oscar Award for Best Actor for the film The Pianist. It was delivered on March 23, 2003, in the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, California.
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American Rhetoric: Malcolm X: The Ballot or the Bullet
This is the text of the speech "The Ballot or the Bullet" delivered by Malcolm X on April 3, 1964, in Cleveland, Ohio. He focuses on Civil Rights.
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American Rhetoric: Ronald Reagan: Remarks on the 40th Anniversary of D Day
This is the text, audio, and video [13:21] of President Ronald Reagan's speech on the 40th Anniversary of D-Day on June 6, 1984, in Pointe Du Hoc, Normandy, France.
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American Rhetoric: Woodrow Wilson: War Message
This is the text of President Woodrow Wilson's speech to Congress on April 2, 1917, asking them to declare war on Germany thereby, entering World War I.
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American Rhetoric: Andre Agassi International Tennis Hall of Fame Induction
This is the text, audio, and video [30:30] of Andre Agassi's induction speech into the International Tennis Hall of Fame on September 10, 2011, in Newport, Connecticut.
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American Rhetoric: Aung San Suu Kyi: Nobel Prize for Peace Lecture
This is the text and video [6:33] of Aung San Suu Kyi's acceptance speech for the 1991 Nobel Prize for Peace.
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American Rhetoric: Richard M. Nixon: Checkers
This is the text, audio, and video [5:21] of Richard Nixon, Vice Presidential Candidate, addresses the nation on TV on September 23, 1952, explaining the $18,000 he took from a group of his supporters. It is known as the "Checkers" speech.
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American Rhetoric: Ronald Reagan: Space Shuttle "Challenger" Tragedy Address
This is the text, audio, and video [2:37] of President Ronald Reagan's tribute speech after the Space Shuttle "Challenger" tragedy on January 28, 1986. The crew of the Challenger Seven who died were Michael Smith, Dick Scobee, Judith...
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American Rhetoric: General Douglas Mac Arthur: "Duty, Honor, Country"
This is the text and audio of "Duty, Honor, Country," General Douglas MacArthur's acceptance speech for the Sylvanus Thayer Award on May 12, 1962, at West Point, New York.
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American Rhetoric: Richard M. Nixon "The Great Silent Majority"
This is the text, audio, and video [31:58] of "The Great Silent Majority," a speech by President Nixon delivered November 3, 1969, concerning the Vietnam War.
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American Rhetoric: John F. Kennedy: "Ich Bin Ein Berliner" (I Am a 'Berliner')
This is the text, audio, and video [5:11] of John F. Kennedy's speech "Ich bin ein Berliner" (I am a 'Berliner'] delivered on June 26, 1963, in West Berlin, Germany.
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American Rhetoric: Franklin Delano Roosevelt: "The Great Arsenal of Democracy"
This is the text, audio, and video [7:40] of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's speech "The Great Arsenal of Democracy" delivered on December 29, 1940.
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American Rhetoric: Ronald Reagan: Remarks to National Assoc. Of Evangelicals
This is the text, audio, and video [30:05] of President Reagan's speech " Evil Empires" at the Annual Convention of the National Association of Evangelicals on March 8, 1983, in Orlando, Florida.
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American Rhetoric: Harry S. Truman: "The Truman Doctrine"
This is the text and audio of President Truman's speech "The Truman Doctrine" before a Joint Session of Congress on March 12, 1947, concerning aid to Greece and Turkey.
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American Rhetoric: Jesse Jackson: 1988 Democratic National Convention Address
This is the text and video [5:40] of Jesse Jackson's speech at the 1988 Democratic National Convention on July 19, 1988, at the Omni Coliseum in Atlanta, Georgia.
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American Rhetoric: Mary Fisher: 1992 Rnc Address: "A Whisper of Aids"
This is the text and audio of Mary Fisher's speech "A Whisper of Aids" presented at the 1992 Republican Convention on August 19, 1992, in Houston, Texas. She discusses the issue of HIV and AIDS and the need to remove the silence about it.
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American Rhetoric: Lyndon Baines Johnson: "The Great Society"
This is the text, audio, and video [7:33] of President Lyndon Baines Johnson's speech "The Great Society" delivered on May 22, 1964, in Ann Arbor, Michigan; It outlines his plans for the Great Society.