Table of Contents
Alternate Table of Contents: Speeches by RankIntroductionThe Century BeginsRussell Conwell, Acres of DiamondsWilliam Jennings Bryan, Against ImperialismTheodore Roosevelt, The Man with the MuckrakeEugene Debs, The IssueWoodrow Wilson, First Inaugural AddressWorld War I, Dissent, and Woman's SuffrageAnna Howard Shaw, The Fundamental Principle of a RepublicCarrie Chapman Catt, The CrisisWoodrow Wilson, War MessageEmma Goldman, Address to the JuryRobert La Follette, Free Speech in WartimeCarrie Chapman Catt, Address to the Congress of the United StatesWoodrow Wilson, The Fourteen PointsEugene Debs, Statement to the CourtWoodrow Wilson, For the League of NationsWoodrow Wilson, Final Address for the League of NationsCrystal Eastman, Now We Can BeginThe Roaring Twenties and the Great DepressionClarence Darrow, Plea for Leopold and LoebMargaret Sanger, The Children's EraFranklin D. Roosevelt, Address to the Commonwealth ClubFranklin D. Roosevelt, First Inaugural AddressFranklin D. Roosevelt, The Banking CrisisHuey Long, Every Man a KingHuey Long, Share Our WealthJohn L. Lewis, Labor and the NationLou Gehrig, Farewell to BaseballWorld War II and the Emergence of the Cold WarFranklin D. Roosevelt, The Arsenal of DemocracyFranklin D. Roosevelt, The Four FreedomsFranklin D. Roosevelt, War MessageHarry S. Truman, The Truman DoctrineGeorge C. Marshall, The Marshall PlanHubert H. Humphrey, The Sunshine of Human RightsEleanor Roosevelt, The Struggle for Human RightsEleanor Roosevelt, Adoption of the Declaration of Human RightsMcCarthyism, Korea, and the Nuclear EraMargaret Chase Smith, Declaration of ConscienceWilliam Faulkner, Speech Accepting the Nobel Prize in LiteratureDouglas MacArthur, Old Soldiers Never DieAdlai Stevenson, Let's Talk Sense to the American PeopleRichard M. Nixon, CheckersElizabeth Gurley Flynn, Statement at the Smith Act TrialDwight D. Eisenhower, Atoms for PeaceJoseph Welch, Defense of Fred Fisher at the Army-McCarthy HearingsThe Age of CamelotJohn F. Kennedy, Speech to the Greater Houston Ministerial AssociationDwight D. Eisenhower, Farewell AddressJohn F. Kennedy, Inaugural AddressNewton W. Minow, Television and the Public InterestDouglas MacArthur, Duty, Honor, CountryJohn F. Kennedy, Address on the Cuban Missile CrisisJohn F. Kennedy, Speech at American UniversityJohn F. Kennedy, Civil Rights: A Moral IssueJohn F. Kennedy, Ich Bin ein BerlinerRace, Poverty, and DissensionMartin Luther King, Jr., I Have a DreamMalcolm X, Message to the GrassrootsLyndon B. Johnson, Let Us ContinueMalcolm X, The Ballot or the BulletLyndon B. Johnson, The Great SocietyBarry Goldwater, Speech Accepting the Republican Presidential NominationRonald Reagan, A Time for ChoosingMario Savio, An End to HistoryLyndon B. Johnson, We Shall OvercomeRobert F. Kennedy, Day of AffirmationStokely Carmichael, Black PowerVietnam and Other DiscontentsMartin Luther King, Jr., Speech at Riverside ChurchCesar Chavez, Speech on Ending His FastLyndon B. Johnson, Address on Not Seeking ReelectionMartin Luther King, Jr., I've Been to the MountaintopRobert F. Kennedy, Statement on the Assassination of Martin Luther KingEdward M. Kennedy, Eulogy to Robert KennedyEdward M. Kennedy, ChappaquiddickRichard M. Nixon, The Great Silent MajoritySpiro T. Agnew, Television News CoverageRichard M. Nixon, Address on the Cambodian IncursionShirley Chisholm, For the Equal Rights AmendmentJohn Kerry, Vietnam Veterans Against the WarWatergate and Its AftermathBarbara Jordan, Statement on the Articles of Impeachment Against Richard M. NixonRichard M. Nixon, Address Resigning the PresidencyGerald R. Ford, Our Long National Nightmare Is OverGerald R. Ford, Address on Pardoning Richard M. NixonBarbara Jordan, Who Then Will Speak for the Common Good? Jimmy Carter, Energy and the Crisis of ConfidenceEdward M. Kennedy, The Dream Shall Never DieConservatism, Liberalism, and the End of the Cold WarRonald Reagan, First Inaugural AddressRonald Reagan, The Evil EmpireUrsula K. Le Guin, A Left-Handed Commencement AddressEdward M. Kennedy, Tolerance and Truth in AmericaRonald Reagan, Address on the Fortieth Anniversary of D-DayMario Cuomo, A Tale of Two CitiesJesse Jackson, The Rainbow CoalitionGeraldine Ferraro, Speech Accepting the Democratic Vice Presidential NominationMario Cuomo, Religious Belief and Public MoralityRonald Reagan, Address on the Challenger ExplosionRonald Reagan, Speech at the Brandenburg GateAnn Richards, Keynote Address at the Democratic National ConventionJesse Jackson, Common Ground and Common SenseThe 1990sBarbara Bush, Choices and ChangeAnita Hill, Statement to the Senate Judiciary CommitteeElizabeth Glaser, AIDS: A Personal StoryMary Fisher, A Whisper of AIDSBill Clinton, Speech for Victims of the Oklahoma City BombingHillary Rodham Clinton, Women's Rights Are Human RightsElie Wiesel, The Perils of Indifference
