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Speeches portal This is an index of historical speeches in chronological order. See also Category:Speeches. See also the following subcategories: Wikisource:Speeches by United States Presidents Wikisource:Speeches by British Prime Ministers Wikisource:Commencement addresses Wikisource:Abdications and Resignations

Contents 1 Earliest times 2 16th century 3 17th century 4 18th century 4.1 1770s 4.2 1780s 4.3 1790s 5 19th century 5.1 1800s 5.2 1810s 5.3 1820s 5.4 1830s 5.5 1840s 5.6 1850s 5.7 1860s 5.8 1870s 5.9 1880s 5.10 1890s 6 20th century 6.1 1900s 6.2 1910s 6.3 1920s 6.4 1930s 6.5 1940s 6.6 1950s 6.7 1960s 6.8 1970s 6.9 1980s 6.10 1990s 7 21st century 7.1 2000 7.2 2001 7.3 2002 7.4 2003 7.5 2004 7.6 2005 7.7 2006 7.8 2007 7.9 2008 7.10 2009

[edit] Earliest times

Events for 1st millennium and 2nd millennium

• Pericles's Funeral Oration - Pericles, (recorded in Thucydides's The Peloponnesian War)
• For Publius Quinctius - Cicero (81 BC)
• Imam Ali's First Sermon in His Peak of Eloquence
• Sermon to the Birds - Saint Francis of Assisi, (c.1220)
• Cast off the Yoke of Bondage - John Ball, (June 1381)

[edit] 16th century

Events for 16th century

• A Vindication of the Doctrine that the Sacrifice of the Mass is Idolatry - John Knox, (4 April 1550)
• Speech to the Troops at Tilbury - Queen Elizabeth I of England, (1588)

[edit] 17th century

Events for 17th century

• Farewell Speech - Queen Elizabeth I of England, (30 November 1601)
• Gunpowder Plot Sermon - Lancelot Andrewes, (5 November 1606)
• Dissolution of the Long Parliament - Oliver Cromwell, (20 April 1653)
• Sanquhar Declaration - Richard Cameron, (1680|1680)

[edit] 18th century

Events for 18th century

• Speech against the Union - John Hamilton, 2nd Lord Belhaven and Stenton, (November 1706)
• Against Repealling the Triennial Act - Archibald Hutcheson, (April 1716)
• Speech against the bill for laying a tax on Papists - Thomas Lutwyche, (6 May 1723)
• The marriage of the Prince of Wales - Pitt the Elder, (29 April 1736)
• The Standing Army - William Pitt the Elder, (4 February 1738)
• Speech Against his Removal from Office - Sir Robert Walpole, (February 1741)
• Battle of Prestonpans Speech - John Cope, (21 September 1745)
• Battle of the Plains of Abraham Speech - James Wolfe, (13 September 1759)
• Speech against the Stamp Act - William Pitt the Elder, (14 January 1766)

[edit] 1770s

Events for 1770s

• The case of John Wilkes - William Pitt the Elder, (9 January 1770)
• The State of the Nation - William Pitt the Elder, (22 January 1770)
• The Defence of Weaker States - William Pitt the Elder, (22 January 1770)
• He is a Member of Parliament – Edmund Burke, (3 November 1774)
• The Wounds given to the Constitution – John Wilkes, (22 February 1775)
• Speech on Conciliation with America - Edmund Burke, (22 March 1775)
• Give me liberty or give me death - Patrick Henry, (23 March 1775)
• Speech on the Rebellion in the American Colonies - George III, (27 October 1775)
• On Coercive Measures in America - John Wilkes, (1775)
• The Conquest of the Americans - John Wilkes, (1777)

[edit] 1780s

Events for 1780s

• A Free People - Henry Grattan, (16 April 1782)
• Newburg address - George Washington, (15 March 1783)
• Resignation as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army - George Washington, (23 December 1783)
• On State Representation - Benjamin Franklin, (28 June 1787)
• Disapproving and accepting the Constitution - Benjamin Franklin, (17 September 1787)
• Shall Liberty or Empire Be Sought? - Patrick Henry, (5 June 1788)
• On the Horrors of the Slave Trade - William Wilberforce, (12 May 1789)

[edit] 1790s

Events for 1790s

• Farewell Address - George Washington, (17 September 1796)
• XYZ Address - John Adams, (16 May 1797)

[edit] 19th century

[edit] 1800s

Events for 1800s

• Overtures of Peace with France - William Pitt the Younger, (3 February 1800)
• On refusal to negotiate with France - Charles James Fox, (3 February 1800)
• Grant to the Emperor of Germany - Richard Brinsley Sheridan, (17 February 1800)
• Speech from the Dock - Robert Emmet, (20 September 1803)
• The Burr Conspiracy - Thomas Jefferson, (22 January 1807)

[edit] 1810s

Events for 1810s

• War Message to Congress - James Madison, (1 June 1812)

[edit] 1820s

Events for 1820s

• Plymouth Oration - Daniel Webster, (22 December 1820)
• The Bunker Hill Monument - Daniel Webster, (17 June 1825)
• Adams and Jefferson - Daniel Webster, (2 August 1826)
• Address on the King's Message Respecting Portugal - George Canning, (12 December 1826)
• Catholic Emancipation - Duke of Wellington, (2 April 1829)

[edit] 1830s

Events for 1830s

• Second Reply to Hayne - Daniel Webster, (27 January 1830)
• The Dangers which Menace States - Robert Peel, (3 March 1831)
• Belgium and payments to Russia - Robert Peel, (16 July 1832)
• The Russian loan and Holland - Robert Peel, (20 July 1832)
• Government of India - Thomas Babington Macaulay, (10 July 1833)
• Inaugural Address - Joseph Ritner, (1835)
• Dissolution of Parliament - Robert Peel, (24 February 1835)
• Finality Speech - Lord John Russell, (20 November 1837)

[edit] 1840s

Events for 1840s

• Copyright Law - Thomas Babington Macaulay, (5 February, 1841)
• The working classes and the corn laws - Richard Cobden, (24 February 1842)
• Second Speech on Copyright Law - Thomas Babington Macaulay, (6 April 1842)
• The Gates of Somnauth - Thomas Babington Macaulay, (9 March 1843)
• The Great Nation of Futurity - John L. O'Sullivan, (1845)
• Repeal of the Corn Laws - Duke of Wellington, (28 May 1846)
• The Sword Speech - Thomas Francis Meagher, (20 July 1846)
• The Annexation of Cracow - Lord John Russell, (4 March 1847)
• Speech from the Dock - Thomas Francis Meagher, (1848)
• The Polish Question - Viscount Palmerston, (1 March 1848)
• On extending the franchise - Richard Cobden, (6 July 1848)

[edit] 1850s

Events for 1850s

• Seventh of March Speech - Daniel Webster, (7 March 1850)
• Don Pacifico Speech - Viscount Palmerston, (25 June 1850)
• Speech on African American Suffrage - Edward Ralph May, (28 October 1850)
• Ain't I a Woman? - Sojourner Truth, (1851)
• The Dignity and Importance of History - Daniel Webster, (23 February 1852)
• What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? - Frederick Douglass, (5 July 1852)
• Franklin Pierce's Inauguration Speech - Franklin Pierce, (4 March 1853)
• The Crime against Kansas - Charles Sumner, (19-20 May, 1856)
• On his assault on Charles Sumner - Preston Brooks, (14 July 1856)
• China and the Attack on Canton - Richard Cobden, (26 February 1857)
• A House Divided - Abraham Lincoln, (16 June 1858)
• On the Irrepressible Conflict - William H. Seward, (25 October 1858)
• On the English Foreign Policy - John Bright, (29 October 1858)
• John Brown's Speech to the Court at his Trial - John Brown, (2 November 1859)

[edit] 1860s

Events for 1860s

• Cooper's Union Speech - Abraham Lincoln, (1860)
• To Arms - Giuseppe Garibaldi, (1860)
• Secession is the Height of Madness, Folly, and Wickedness - Alexander Stephens (1861)
• E.S. Dargan on Secession - E. S. Dargan, (11 January 1861)
• Attack on Francis V - William Ewart Gladstone, (7 March 1861)
• Inaugural Address - Jefferson Davis, (18 February 1861)
• Cornerstone Speech - Alexander Stephens, (1861)
• Seizure of the Alexandra - Richard Cobden, (24 April 1863)
• Gettysburg Oration - Edward Everett, (19 November 1863)
• Gettysburg Address - Abraham Lincoln, (19 November 1863)
• Foreign Affairs - Richard Cobden, (24 November 1863)
• Denmark and Germany - Benjamin Disraeli, (4 July 1864)
• Final Public Address - Abraham Lincoln, (1865)
• Austria and Prussia - Lord Edward Stanley, (20 July 1866)
• Speech before the Institut canadien on the occasion of the 23rd anniversary of this society - Louis-Joseph Papineau, (December 17, 1867)
• Speech In Favor of Capital Punishment - John Stuart Mill, (21 April 1868)

[edit] 1870s

Events for 1870s

• Universal Religion - Keshub Chandra Sen, (1870)
• Suez Canal Speech - Benjamin Disraeli, (21 February 1872)
• The Maintenance of Empire - Benjamin Disraeli, (1872)
• Conservative Principles - Benjamin Disraeli, (3 April 1873)
• On Women's Rights to Vote - Susan B Anthony, (1873)
• Charles Sumner Eulogy - Carl Schurz, (29 April 1874)
• Honest Money - Carl Schurz, (27 September 1875)

[edit] 1880s

Events for 1880s

• The Duties of American Citizenship - Theodore Roosevelt, (1883)
• Education of Orphan Children - Carl Schurz, (1883)
• Trust the People - Lord Randolph Churchill, (16 April 1884)
• On the Death of General Gordon - Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, (20 July 1885)
• Technical Instruction vs. Apprenticeship - Carl Schurz, (22 April 1886)
• Irish Home Rule Speech - William Ewart Gladstone, (7 June 1886)
• The Benefits of Reading - Arthur Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, (December 1887)
• The Channel Tunnel - William Ewart Gladstone, (27 June 1888)
• The Montefiore Home - Carl Schurz, (18 December 1888)
• The Need of a Rational Forest Policy - Carl Schurz, (15 October 1889)

[edit] 1890s

Events for 1890s

• Art and Industry - William Ewart Gladstone, (29 October 1890)
• The Future Policy of the Liberal Party - William Ewart Gladstone, (2 October 1891)
• Civil Service Reform and Democracy - Carl Schurz, (25 April 1893)
• German Day - Carl Schurz, (15 June 1893)
• Principal Speech Against Unconditional Repeal - William Jennings Bryan (16 August 1893)
• Welcome Address, The World Parliament of Religions, Chicago - Swami Vivekananda, (11 September 1893)
• Memorial Day Address - William Jennings Bryan, (30 May 1894)
• The Necessity and Progress of Civil Service Reform - Carl Schurz, (12 December 1894)
• Atlanta Compromise - Booker T. Washington, (18 September 1895)
• The Case Against Vaccination - Walter Hadwen, (25 January 1896)
• Cross of Gold Speech - William Jennings Bryan, (9 July 1896)
• A Tribute to Robert Burns - Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, (21 July 1896)
• Honest Money and Honesty - Carl Schurz, (5 September 1896)
• The German Mothertongue - Carl Schurz, (9 January 1897)
• The True Conception of Empire - Joseph Chamberlain, (31 March 1897)
• Encouragements and Warnings - Carl Schurz, (10 December 1896)
• Address at the First Zionist Congress - Max Nordau, (29 August 1897)
• The Strenuous Life - Theodore Roosevelt, (10 April 1899)
• Renewed Struggles - Carl Schurz, (14 December 1899)

[edit] 20th century

[edit] 1900s

Events for 1900s

• U.S. Senate Speech, 17 April 1900 (Hoar) - Senator George Frisbie Hoar, (17 April 1900)
• Educating Immigrants - Carl Schurz, (18 December 1904)
• The Citizenship of Women: A Plea for Woman's Suffrage - Kier Hardie, (1905)
• The Duma is Dead, Long Live the Duma - Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, (23 July 1906)
• The Man with the Muck Rake - Theodore Roosevelt, (1906)
• Frontiers - George Curzon, (2 November 1907)
• Beadon Square Speech - Sri Aurobindo, (13 June 1909)
• Jhalakati Speech - Sri Aurobindo, (19 June 1909)
• Kumartuli Speech - Sri Aurobindo, (11 July 1909)
• Speech at the Hughly Conference - Sri Aurobindo, (6 September 1909)
• The Strength of Stillness - Sri Aurobindo, (19 February 1910)

[edit] 1910s

Events for 1910s

• The Man in the Arena: Citizenship in a Republic - Theodore Roosevelt, (23 April 1910)
• The New Nationalism - Theodore Roosevelt, (1910)
• Irish Labourers Housing Speech - D.D. Sheehan, (11 August 1911)
• I have just been shot - Theodore Roosevelt, (14 October 1912)
• A Modern Lear - Jane Addams, (2 November 1912)
• Labor's Service to Freedom - Samuel Gompers, 1914
• Benaras Hindu University Speech - Mohandas K. Gandhi (4 February 1916)
• America Safe! - James W. Gerard, (1917)
• Request for a Declaration of War - Woodrow Wilson, (6 April 1917)
• America's Entry into the War - David Lloyd George, (17 April 1917)
• A Tribute to America - Herbert Henry Asquith, (17 April 1917)
• The Oldest Free Assemblies - Arthur Balfour, (5 May 1917)
• Cause of the Great War - David Lloyd George, (June 1917)
• Fourteen Points Speech - Woodrow Wilson, (8 January 1918)
• Response to Woodrow Wilsons Speech of 11 February 1918 - Arthur Balfour, (27 February 1918)
• Irish Anti-Conscription Crisis Speech - D.D. Sheehan, (12 April 1918)
• Achievements of the Democratic Party - Homer S. Cummings, (1919)
• Citizenship - Will H. Hays, (1919)
• Democrats in the World War - Alexander Mitchell Palmer (1919)
• League of Nations - Henry Cabot Lodge, (1919)
• Revise Taxes - William Gibbs McAdoo (1919)
• League of Nations Address - Woodrow Wilson, (25 September 1919)

[edit] 1920s

Events for 1920s

• The American Soldier - Warren G. Harding, (1920)
• Americanism - Warren G. Harding, (1920)
• Americanism - Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1920)
• Confidence in Government - James M. Cox, (1920)
• Cork Mayoral Acceptance Speech - Terence MacSwiney, (1920)
• Democracy's Achievement - Robert Latham Owen, (1920)
• Democratic Achievement - Champ Clark, (1920)
• Duty of Government - Calvin Coolidge, (1920)
• Equal Rights - Calvin Coolidge, (1920)
• Law and Order - Calvin Coolidge, (1920)
• Liberty Under the Law - Warren G. Harding, (1920)
• Nationalism and Americanism - Warren G. Harding, (1920)
• Peace, Progress, and Prosperity - George White, (1920)
• President Wilson - Homer S. Cummings, (1920)
• Prevention of War - James M. Cox, (1920)
• Safeguard America! - Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, (1920)
• Save America - Nicholas Murray Butler, (1920)
• Summons to Duty - Homer S. Cummings, (1920)
• Theodore Roosevelt - Leonard Wood, (1920)
• The World War - James M. Cox, (1920)
• Statement in The Great Trial - Mohandas K. Gandhi (18 March 1922)
• Disarmament Speech - Stanley Baldwin, (23 July 1923)
• Pan-Asianism - Sun Yat-sen, (1924)
• Scopes Monkey Trial Summation (undelivered) - William Jennings Bryan, (1925)

[edit] 1930s

Events for 1930s

• On The Eve of Dandi March - Mohandas K. Gandhi (11 March 1930)
• Dedication of Mount Baden-Powell - Frederick Russell Burnham (May 1931)
• Speech at The Round Table Conference - Mohandas K. Gandhi (30 November 1931)
• Abdication - Edward VIII, (20 January 1936)
• Quarantine the Aggressor - Franklin Delano Roosevelt, (5 October 1937)
• Farewell to Baseball - Lou Gehrig, (4 July 1939)
• An Attempt to Dominate the World by Force - Neville Chamberlain, (17 March 1939)
• Announcing War with Germany - Neville Chamberlain, (1 September 1939)

[edit] 1940s

Events for 1940s

• The Nazi's Aim is Slavery - Edouard Daladier, (29 January 1940)
• WWII Speech - David Lloyd George, (7 May 1940)
• Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat - Winston Churchill, (13 May 1940)
• We shall fight on the beaches - Winston Churchill, (4 June 1940)
• Their Finest Hour - Winston Churchill, (18 June 1940)
• To the Children of the Commonwealth - Princess Elizabeth, (13 October 1940)
• The Arsenal of Democracy - Franklin Delano Roosevelt, (29 December 1940)
• The Four Freedoms speech - Franklin Delano Roosevelt, (6 January 1941)
• Address to the Reichstag - Adolf Hitler, (4 May 1941)
• British War Aims - Anthony Eden, (29 May 1941)
• Never Give In, Never, Never, Never - Winston Churchill, (29 October 1941)
• Pearl Harbor speech - Franklin Delano Roosevelt, (8 December 1941)
• The Price of Greatness is Responsibility - Winston Churchill, (6 September 1943)
• Let Our Hearts Be Stout - Franklin Delano Roosevelt, (6 June 1944)
• Churchill announces the surrender of Germany - Winston Churchill, (8 May 1945)
• Germany Surrenders - Harry S. Truman, (8 May 1945)
• Address to the surrendering Japanese delegation - Thomas Blamey, (9 September 1945)
• Iron Curtain Speech - Winston Churchill, (5 March 1946)
• Speech at Inter-Asian Relations Conference - Mohandas K. Gandhi (2 April 1947)
• The Marshall Plan - George Marshall, (5 June 1947)
• A Tryst With Destiny - Jawaharlal Nehru, (14 August 1947)
• Kashmir Issue - Mohandas K. Gandhi (4 January 1948)
• Speech on The Eve of The Last Fast - Mohandas K. Gandhi (12 January 1948)
• The Light Has Gone Out - Jawaharlal Nehru, (30th January 1948)

[edit] 1950s

Events for 1950s

• Schuman Declaration (9 May 1950)
• William Faulkner's Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech - WIlliam Faulkner, (10 December 1950)
• MacArthur's Farewell Speech to Congress - Douglas MacArthur, (19 April 1951)
• Whiskey Speech - Judge Noah S. Sweat Jr., (1952)
• Checkers speech - Richard M. Nixon (23 September 1952)
• Christmas Message, 1952 - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, (25 December 1952)
• History Will Absolve Me - Fidel Castro, (16 October 1953)
• The Secret Speech - Nikita Krushchev, (25 February 1956)
• The Suez Crisis - Anthony Eden, (31 October 1956)

[edit] 1960s

Events for 1960s

• Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech - John F. Kennedy, (15 July 1960)
• Military-industrial complex speech - Dwight D. Eisenhower, (1961)
• The Berlin Crisis - John F. Kennedy, (25 July 1961)
• MacArthur's Farewell Speech to West Point - Douglas MacArthur, (12 May 1962)
• We choose to go to the moon - John F. Kennedy, (12 September 1962)
• Cuban Missile Crisis - John F. Kennedy, (22 October 1962)
• Cuban Missile Crisis speech to the United Nations Security Council - Adlai Stevenson, (25 October 1962)
• DeGaulle's Veto on British membership of the EEC - Charles de Gaulle, (14 January 1963)
• Honourary Citizenship Award for Winston Churchill - John F. Kennedy, (9 April 1963)
• Reply upon his award of Honourary Citizenship - Winston Churchill, (9 April 1963)
• Ich bin ein Berliner - John F. Kennedy, (26 June 1963)
• Civil Rights Message - John F. Kennedy, (11 June 1963)
• Let Us Continue - Lyndon Baines Johnson, (27 November 1963)
• The Ballot or the Bullet - Malcolm X, (3 April 1964)
• The Great Society - Lyndon Baines Johnson, (22 May 1964)
• Extremism in the Defense of Liberty Is No Vice - Barry Goldwater, (16 July 1964)
• Gulf of Tonkin Incident - Lyndon Baines Johnson, (4 August 1964)
• Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech - Lyndon Baines Johnson, (27 August 1964)
• A Time for Choosing - Ronald Reagan, (1964)
• We Shall Overcome - Lyndon Baines Johnson, (15 March 1965)
• Accession to the European Economic Community - Harold Wilson (23 January 1967)
• Renunciation Speech - Lyndon Baines Johnson, (31 March 1968)
• Announcing the Death of Martin Luther King, Jr. - Robert F. Kennedy, (4 April 1968)
• Rivers of Blood - Enoch Powell, (20 April 1968)
• Tribute to Senator Robert F. Kennedy - Ted Kennedy, (8 June 1969)
• Brezhnev Doctrine - Leonid Brezhnev, (13 November 1968)
• Chappaquiddick - Ted Kennedy, (25 July 1969)
• Vietnamization - Richard Nixon, (3 November 1969)
• Rogers Plan - William Rogers, (9 December 1969)

[edit] 1970s

Events for 1970s

• Broadcast Over Radio Hanoi- Jane Fonda, (22 August, 1972)
• Allende's last speech - Salvador Allende, (11 September 1973)
• Resignation - Richard M. Nixon, (8 August 1974)
• Farewell Address - Richard M. Nixon, (9 August 1974)
• Assumption of the Presidency - Gerald R. Ford, (9 August 1974)
• First Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech - Jimmy Carter, (15 July 1976)
• The Effects of Religious Cults on the Health and Welfare of Their Converts - Congressman Leo Ryan, 3 November 1977)
• The Crisis of Confidence - Jimmy Carter, (15 July 1979)

[edit] 1980s

Events for 1980s

• First Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech - Ronald Reagan, (17 July 1980)
• The Cause Endures - Ted Kennedy, (12 August, 1980 )
• Second Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech - Jimmy Carter, (14 August 1980)
• Speech to the Conservative Party Conference - Margaret Thatcher, (10 October 1980)
• Farewell Address - Jimmy Carter, (14 January 1981)
• The Agenda is Victory - Ronald Reagan, (26 February 1982)
• Evil Empire speech - Ronald Reagan, (8 June 1982)
• Attack on KAL Flight 007 - Ronald Reagan, (5 September 1983)
• Truth and Tolerance in America - Ted Kennedy, (3 October, 1983)
• Announcement of his candidacy for US President - Jesse Jackson, (16 January 1984)
• Address at Omaha Beach - Ronald Reagan, (6 June 1984)
• Speech at Pointe de Hoc - Ronald Reagan, (6 June 1984)
• Second Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech - Ronald Reagan, (23 August 1984)
• Testimony before the U.S. Congress on Constructive Engagement - Bishop Desmond Tutu, (4 December 1984)
• Challenger Disaster - Ronald Reagan, (28 January 1986)
• Tear Down This Wall - Ronald Reagan, (12 June 1987)
• Ann Richards's keynote address at the 1988 Democratic National Convention, (July 18, 1988)
• Gazimestan speech - Slobodan Milosevic, (28 June 1989)

[edit] 1990s

Events for 1990s

• Nelson Mandela's address on his release from prison - Nelson Mandela, (11 February 1990)
• Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on the Persian Gulf Crisis and the Federal Budget Deficit - George H. W. Bush, (11 September 1990)
• Chicken Kiev - George H.W. Bush, (1 August 1991)
• Bill Clinton's acceptance speech to 1992 Democratic Convention - Bill Clinton, (16 July 1992)
• At the 1992 Republican Convention - Ronald Reagan, (17 August 1992)
• Patrick Buchanan's Speech to 1992 GOP Convention - Patrick Buchanan, (August 1992)
• 1992 Republican Convention Acceptance Speech - George H. W. Bush, (20 August 1992)
• Redfern aboriginal Australia speech - Paul Keating, (10 December 1992)
• 1993 True Believers speech - Paul Keating, (13 March 1993)
• Star Wars' Tenth Anniversary - Ronald Reagan, (23 March 1993)
• Karl Popper: Prague lecture, 1994 – Karl Popper (last days of May 1994)
• Remarks at McNair Barracks. Berlin, Germany - Bill Clinton, (12 July 1994)
• Address to the U.N. Fourth World Conference on Women - Hillary Rodham Clinton, (1995)
• Speech Following the Oklahoma City Bombings - Bill Clinton, (1995)
• Trial Speech of Ken Saro-Wiwa - Ken Saro-Wiwa, (November 1995)
• I am an African - Thabo Mbeki, (8 May 1996)
• Acceptance Speech to 1996 Democratic Convention - Bill Clinton, (29 August 1996)
• Clinton Lewinsky Apology - Bill Clinton, (17 August 1998)
• Installation Speech - Adrienne Clarkson, (7 October 1999)

[edit] 21st century

[edit] 2000

Events for 2000

• Remarks at the National Head Start Association's 10th Annual Luncheon - Christopher Dodd, (28 April 2000)
• We can still win the Euro Referendum - Roy Jenkins, (6 June 2000)
• Remarks by Colin Powell at the 2000 Republican National Convention - Colin Powell, (31 July 2000)
• Remarks by John McCain at the 2000 Republican National Convention - John McCain, (1 August 2000)
• Remarks by Condoleezza Rice at the 2000 Republican National Convention, - Condoleezza Rice, (1 August 2000)
• George W. Bush's Republican Nomination Acceptance Speech - George W. Bush, (3 August 2000)
• Remarks by Bill Clinton at the 2000 Democratic National Convention - Bill Clinton, (14 August 2000)
• Remarks by Hillary Clinton at the 2000 Democratic National Convention - Hillary Clinton, (14 August 2000)
• Remarks by Ted Kennedy at the 2000 Democratic National Convention - Ted Kennedy, (15 August 2000)
• Al Gore's Democratic Nomination Acceptance Speech - Al Gore, (17 August 2000)

[edit] 2001

Events for 2001

• Farewell Address - Bill Clinton, (18 January 2001)
• Colin L. Powell's statement at press briefing on new U.S. humanitarian assistance for Afghanistan - Colin L. Powell, (17 May 2001)
• Joni Madraiwiwi, Fiji's 2001 Elections: Our Country at the Crossroads, 15 August 2001
• September 14, 2001 speech - George W. Bush, (14 September 2001)
• September 11, 2001: Attack on America - George W. Bush, (20 September 2001)

[edit] 2002

Events for 2002

• Clear Skies and Global Climate Change Initiatives - George W. Bush, (14 February 2002)
• Speech of the French President for the World Summit on sustainable development - Jacques Chirac, (2 September 2002)
• Iraq Speech - Barack Obama, (26 October 2002)

[edit] 2003

Events for 2003

• Arkansas Governor's Address of January 14, 2003 - Mike Huckabee, (14 January 2003)
• Columbia Space Shuttle Tragedy Speech - George W. Bush, (1 February 2003)
• French address on Iraq at the UN Security Council - Dominique de Villepin, Minister of Foreign Affairs, (14 February 2003)
• Speech at the closing session of the 5th Meeting on Globalization and Development held in Havana, Cuba - Fidel Castro, (14 February 2003)
• What I want to know - Howard Dean, (15 March 2003)
• Mission Accomplished - George W. Bush, (1 May 2003)
• Neo-CONNED - Ron Paul, (10 July 2003)
• Toward Enlightened Nationalism - Joe Biden, (28 October 2003)
• Congressman Tom Lantos' Remarks on the 25th Anniversary of the Tragedy at Jonestown and the Death of Congressman Leo Ryan - Congressman Tom Lantos, (17 November, 2003)
• L. Paul Bremer announces the capture of Saddam Hussein, (14 December, 2003)

[edit] 2004

Events for 2004

• California Governor's Address of January 06, 2004, - Arnold Schwarzenegger (6 January 2004)
• New Mexico Governor's Address of January 20, 2004, - Bill Richardson (20 January 2004)
• A Constitutional Amendment Protecting Marriage - George W. Bush, (14 February 2004)
• Address to the People's Congress of Libya - Joe Biden, (3 March 2004)
• Remarks to the North Carolina Bankers Assembly - Elizabeth Dole, (29 March 2004)
• Atal Bihari Vajpayee's Post Election Speech - Atal Bihari Vajpayee, (13 May 2004)
• We Will Not Fail - George W. Bush, (24 May 2004)
• Remarks Onboard the USS North Carolina - Elizabeth Dole, (25 May 2004)
• Address by Hamid Karzai to Joint Session of Congress - Hamid Karzai, (15 June 2004)
• Eulogy For Ronald Reagan - George W. Bush, (11 July 2004)
• Microsoft Research DRM talk - Cory Doctorow, (17 June 2004)
• Democracy Itself is in Grave Danger - Al Gore, (24 June 2004)
• Welcome Address by Subroto Bagchi at IIMB, (2 July 2004)
• Keynote address by Barack Obama at the 2004 Democratic National Convention - Barack Obama, (26 July 2004)
• 2004 Democratic National Convention/Remarks by Al Gore - Al Gore, (26 July 2004)
• Three Party Politics - Charles Kennedy, (27 July 2004)
• John Kerry's Democratic Nomination Acceptance Speech - John Kerry, (29 July 2004)
• Remarks by Rudy Giuliani at the 2004 Republican National Convention - Rudy Giuliani, (30 August 2004)
• Remarks by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger at the 2004 Republican National Convention - Arnold Schwarzenegger, (30 August 2004)
• George W. Bush's Republican Nomination Acceptance Speech - George W. Bush, (2 September 2004)
• Senator Edward M. Kennedy floor remarks on Iraq - Edward Kennedy, (27 September 2004)
• 2004 Australian election concession speech - Mark Latham, (9 October 2004)

[edit] 2005

Events for 2005

• CSIS Cross-cultural Roundtable on Security Inaugural speech - Jim Judd (8 March 2005)
• The Purpose of American Power - Joe Biden, (12 April 2005)
• Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum - George W. Bush, (19 April 2005)
• Biodiesel and Alternative Fuel Sources - George W. Bush, (16 May 2005)
• Senate Hearing Speech - George Galloway, (17 May 2005)
• Steve Jobs's Commencement address at Stanford University, (June 12, 2005)
• A New Compact for Iraq - Joe Biden, (21 June 2005)
• London Mayor's Statement of 7 July 2005 - Ken Livingstone, (7 July 2005)
• London Will Not Be Cowed- Ken Livingstone, (8 July 2005)
• America's Purpose: Leadership for a New Security Consensus - Joe Biden, (6 September 2005)
• Hurricane Katrina and Global Warming - Al Gore, (9 September 2005)
• Securing Our Energy Future - Barack Obama, (15 September 2005)
• A Liberal Democrat Foreign Policy - Menzies Campbell, (19 September 2005)
• Journalist as Public Intellectual - Michael Ignatieff, (23 September 2005)
• Leadership Contest Speech - Ken Clarke, (5 October 2005)
• Address to the Saskatchewan Liberal Party - Michael Ignatieff, (4 November 2005)
• Peaking of World Oil Production - Richard Heinberg, (7 November 2005)
• Winning the War in Iraq - John McCain, (10 November 2005)
• Turning the Corner in Iraq - Joe Biden, (11 November 2005)
• Moving Forward In Iraq - Barack Obama, (22 November 2005)
• Chávez visits "Fountain of Dreams" Self-Development Centre, (24 December 2005)

[edit] 2006

Events for 2006

• Remarks at University Presidents Summit on International Education - George W. Bush, (5 January 2006)
• A Drink Problem - Charles Kennedy, (5 January 2006)
• Charles Kennedy Resignation Speech - Charles Kennedy, (7 January 2006)
• Defend US Constitution - Al Gore, (17 January 2006)
• Democracy in Belarus - John McCain, (3 February 2006)
• The Challenges of Modern War - John Reid, (20 February 2006)
• Energy Security is National Security - Barack Obama, (28 February 2006)
• Speech to the National Defense University - Richard Lugar, (23 March 2006)
• Liberal Values in the 21st century - Michael Ignatieff, (30 March 2006)
• Canada in the World - Michael Ignatieff, (30 March 2006)
• On Liberal Democracy - Condoleezza Rice, (31 March 2006)
• The Hardware Wars and the future of free software - Eben Moglen, (1 April 2006)
• Energy Independence and the Safety of our Planet - Barack Obama, (6 April 2006)
• Remarks on the American Competitiveness Initiative - George W. Bush, (18 April 2006)
• U.S. Energy Policy Discussion - George W. Bush, (25 April 2006)
• Speech at Atlantic Council Gala - John Warner, (26 April 2006)
• Free Software and Free Media - Eben Moglen, (3 May 2006)
• Address on Comprehensive Immigration Reform - George W. Bush, (15 May 2006)
• Ehud Olmert's 2006 Speech to the US Congress - Ehud Olmert (24 May 2006)
• Eben Moglen Keynote at Red Hat Summit 2006 - Eben Moglen, (1 June, 2006)
• Power and Global Leadership - Mark Malloch Brown, (6 June 2006)
• Remarks on Taking Back America - Barack Obama, (14 June 2006)
• Keynote about GPL3 at HOSC 2006 - Eben Moglen, (17 June 2006)
• Address by Dr José Ramos-Horta at his swearing in ceremony as Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste - José Ramos-Horta (10 July 2006)
• Campus Progress Annual Conference - Barack Obama, (12 July 2006)
• Document Licenses and the Future of Free Culture - Eben Moglen, (4 August, 2006)
• An Honest Government, A Hopeful Future - Barack Obama, (28 August 2006)
• Speech at Salt Lake City anti-war patriots rally by Mayor Rocky Anderson - Rocky Anderson, (30 August 2006)
• A Way Forward in Iraq - Barack Obama, (20 November 2006)

[edit] 2007

Events for 2007

• George H. W. Bush's Eulogy for Gerald Ford - George H. W. Bush, (2 January 2007)
• George W. Bush's Eulogy for Gerald Ford - George W. Bush, (2 January 2007)
• The Time Has Come for Universal Health Care - Barack Obama, (2 January 2007)
• Address by His Majesty King Abdullah II to a Joint Meeting of Congress - His Majesty King Abdullah II, (7 March 2007)
• Remarks of Senator Barack Obama to the California State Democratic Convention - Barack Obama, (2 May 2007)
• Speech of Senator Robert Byrd following the Indictment of Michael Vick on Dog-fighting Charges - Robert Byrd, (19 July 2007)

[edit] 2008

Events for 2008

• Remarks of Senator Barack Obama on New Hampshire Primary Night, (8 January 2008)
• Apology to the Stolen Generations - Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister of Australia, (13 February 2008)
• A More Perfect Union - Barack Obama, (18 March 2008)

[edit] 2009

Events for 2009

• Barack Obama's Inaugural Address - Barack Obama, (20 January 2009)