Portal:Modern speeches

Modern speeches

1900s

• Lectures on The Historians of Bohemia – Ilchester Lectures by František Lützow (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)
• Sons of the Puritans – Theodore Roosevelt, (1907)
• 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)

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)
• The Old Town Hall of Prague – František Lützow, (18 September 1911)
• Progressive Cause Greater Than Any Individual – Theodore Roosevelt, (14 October 1912)
• A Modern Lear – Jane Addams, (2 November 1912)
• Labor's Service to Freedom – Samuel Gompers, 1914
• The problem of small nations in the European crisis – Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, (1915)
• Benaras Hindu University Speech – Mohandas K. Gandhi (4 February 1916)
• Bohemia's claim to independence – Charles Pergler, (25 February 1916)
• The Slavs among the nations – Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, (15 March 1916)
• The Bohemians (Czechs) In The Present Crisis – Charles Pergler, (28 May 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)
• Speech against the Alldeutschen – Max Weber, (5 November 1917)
• Austria and Europe, – Henry Wickham Steed (8 December 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)
• National Oath – Alois Jirásek (13 April 1918)
• No Compromise – Charles Pergler (14 September 1918)
• Americanization – Josef Štýbr (3 May 1919)
• 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)
• Masaryk's Message on First Independence Day (28 October 1919)

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)
• The story of the Jones County Calf Case - Charles E. Wheeler, (24 June 1920)
• Statement in The Great Trial - Mohandas K. Gandhi (18 March 1922)
• Disarmament Speech - Stanley Baldwin, (23 July 1923)
• M. Švehla's tribute in the Ministerial Council (on the death of Woodrow Wilson) - Antonín Švehla (4 February 1924)
• Address by Dr. Eduard Beneš, Czechoslovak Foreign Minister (on the death of Woodrow Wilson) - Edvard Beneš (10 February 1924)
• Address of the American Minister Mr. Lewis Einstein (on the death of Woodrow Wilson) - Lewis Einstein (10 February 1924)
• Pan-Asianism - Sun Yat-sen, (1924)
• Scopes Monkey Trial Summation (undelivered) - William Jennings Bryan, (1925)

1930s

• On The Eve of Dandi March - Mohandas K. Gandhi (11 March 1930)
• Speech at The Round Table Conference - Mohandas K. Gandhi (30 November 1931)
• Abdication - Edward VIII, (20 January 1936)
• May Day speech - Adolf Hitler, (1 May 1937)
• 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 the Invasion of Poland - Neville Chamberlain, (1 September 1939)

1940s

• The Nazi's Aim Is Slavery - Edouard Daladier, (29 January 1940)
• On the Invasion of Norway - Joachim von Ribbentrop, (10 April 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)
• We have been at War - Benito Mussolini, (23 February 1941)
• Address to the Reichstag - Adolf Hitler, (4 May 1941)
• British War Aims - Anthony Eden, (29 May 1941)
• Speech on the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany, Vyacheslav Molotov, (22 June 1941)
• On the Winter Appeal - Adolf Hitler, (3 October 1941)
• Never Give In, Never, Never, Never - Winston Churchill, (29 October 1941)
• Pearl Harbor speech - Franklin Delano Roosevelt, (8 December 1941)
• German Declaration of War on the US - Adolf Hitler, (11 December 1941)
• We Are Still Losing This War - Ralph Austin Bard, (24 September 1942)
• Speech Condemning Massacre of the Jews - Cyril Garbett, (9 December 1942)
• Speech Supporting Immediate Aid to Jewish Refugees - Archbishop William Temple, (23 March 1943)
• The Price of Greatness is Responsibility - Winston Churchill, (6 September 1943)
• Speech Opposing Area Bombing - George Bell, (9 February 1944)
• Let Our Hearts Be Stout - Franklin Delano Roosevelt, (6 June 1944)
• On the 20 July, 1944 Bomb Plot - Adolf Hitler, (20 July 1944)
• On the 12th Anniversary of Coming to Power - Adolf Hitler, (30 January 1945)
• Hitler's Final Speech - Adolf Hitler, (24 February 1945)
• Churchill announces the surrender of Germany - Winston Churchill, (8 May 1945)
• Germany Surrenders - Harry S. Truman, (8 May 1945)
• Vennard Wilson speech (30 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 C. 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)

1950s

• MacArthur's Farewell Speech to Congress - Douglas MacArthur, (19 April 1951)
• Checkers speech - Richard M. Nixon (23 September 1952)
• Christmas Message, 1952 - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, (25 December 1952)
• The Secret Speech - Nikita Krushchev, (25 February 1956)
• The Suez Crisis - Anthony Eden, (31 October 1956)
• There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom - Richard Feynman, (29 December 1959)

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)
• Adlai Stevenson's Cuban Missile Crisis speech to the United Nations Security Council - Adlai Stevenson, (25 October 1962)
• Honourary Citizenship Award for Winston Churchill - John F. Kennedy, (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)
• 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)
• Renunciation Speech - Lyndon Baines Johnson, (31 March 1968)
• Announcing the Death of Martin Luther King, Jr. - Robert F. Kennedy, (4 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 P. Rogers, (9 December 1969)

1970s

• First message to the Chilean parliament - Salvador Allende, (21 May 1971)
• 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)

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)
• Address to the 43rd U.N. General Assembly Session - Mikhail Gorbachev, (7 December 1988)
• Gazimestan speech - Slobodan Milosevic, (28 June 1989)

1990s

• Nelson Mandela's address on his release from prison - Nelson Mandela, (11 February 1990)
• Toward a New World Order - George H. W. Bush, (11 September 1990)
• Presidential Radio Address - 17 November 1990, (17 November 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)
• 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)

2000s

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 Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech|Al Gore's Democratic Nomination Acceptance Speech" - Al Gore, (17 August 2000)

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)

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)

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)
• 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)

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 to 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, COO, MindTree Consulting at IIMB" (2 July 2004)
• "Remarks by Barack Obama at the 2004 Democratic National Convention" - Barack Obama, (26 July 2004)
• "Remarks by Al Gore at the 2004 Democratic National Convention" - 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)

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)
• 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)
• 'Leadership Contest Speech] - Ken Clarke, (5 October 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)

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)
• Energy Security is National Security - Barack Obama, (28 February 2006)
• Speech to the National Defense University - Richard Lugar, (23 March 2006)
• On the dismissal of 591 East Timorese soldiers - Xanana Gusmão, (23 March 2006)
• On Liberal Democracy - Condoleezza Rice, (31 March 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)
• Power and Global Leadership - Mark Malloch Brown, (6 June 2006)
• Remarks on Taking Back America - Barack Obama, (14 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)
• A Way Forward in Iraq - Barack Obama, (20 November 2006)

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)
• 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)

2009

• Barack Obama's speech announcing the goal of Total Nuclear Disarmament, (5 February 2009)

2010s

2015

• 2015-09-16 White House Press Briefing on student Ahmed Mohamed, (16 September 2015)
• 2015 September 16 US Congressman Mike Honda on student Ahmed Mohamed, (16 September 2015)
• Danielle Citron speaks at WikiConference USA 2015, (11 October 2015)

See also

• Portal:Speeches
• Portal:Early modern speeches