18th & 19th Century Oratory
- Edwards, Jonathan. “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” 8 July 1741
- Wrights, Frances “Fanny,” “Address Delivered in the New Harmony Hall,” 4 July 1828
- Stewart, Maria W. Miller. “Lecture Delivered at Franklin Hall,” 21 September 1832
- Apess, William. “Eulogy on King Philip,” 26 January 1836
- Stanton, Elizabeth Cady. “Address on Women’s Rights,” September 1848
- Truth, Sojourner, “Address at the Woman’s Rights Convention,” 29 May 1851
- Lincoln, Abraham, “A House Divided,” 16 June 1858
- Everett, Edward. “Gettysburg Address,” 19 November 1863
- Lincoln, Abraham. “Gettysburg Address,” 19 November 1863
- Anthony, Susan B. “Is It a Crime for a U.S. Citizen to Vote,” 3 April 1873
- Stanton, Elizabeth Cady. “Our Girls,” Winter 1880
- Kicking Bear, “Address at the Council Meeting of the Hunkpapa Sioux, Great Sioux Reservation,” 9 October 1890
- Wells, Ida B. “Lynch Law in All Its Phases,” 13 February 1893
- Harper, Frances Watkins. “Woman’s Political Future,” 20 May 1893
- Beveridge, Albert. “March of the Flag,” 16 September 1898
- Roosevelt, Theodore. “The Strenuous Life,” 10 April 1899/1901
1900-1940
- Bryan, William Jennings. “Imperialism,” 8 August 1900
- Roosevelt, Theodore. “Free Silver, Trusts, and the Philippines,” 7 September 1900
- Roosevelt, Theodore. “Address of President Roosevelt at the Laying of the Corner Stone of the Office Building of the House of Representatives,” Saturday, April 14, 1906 (The Man with the Muck-Rake), 14 April 1906
- Roosevelt, Theodore. “Conservation as a National Duty,” 13 May 1908
- Jones, Mary Harris ‘Mother.’ “Speech at a Public Meeting on the Steps of the State Capitol, Charleston, West Virginia,” 15 August 1912
- Vernon, Mabel. “The Picketing Campaign Nears Victory,” 7 December 1917
- Wilson, Woodrow. “The Pueblo Speech,” 25 September 1919
1941-1960
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. “1941 State of the Union Address, The Four Freedoms,” 6 January 1941
- Truman, Harry S. “Special Message to the Congress on Greece and Turkey: The Truman Doctrine,” 12 March 1947
- Hoover, J. Edgar. “Speech before the House Committee on Un-American Activities,” 26 March 1947
- Roosevelt, Eleanor. “Address by Mrs. Frankin D. Roosevelt, The Chicago Civil Liberties Committee,” 4 March 1950
- Eisenhower, Dwight D. “Atoms for Peace,” 8 December 1953
- Stevenson, Adlai E. “‘A New America’: Acceptance Address at the Democratic National Convention,” 17 August 1956
1961-1980
- Kennedy, John F. “Inaugural Address,” 20 January 1961
- Heschel, Abraham Joshua. “Religion and Race,” 14 January 1963
- Lewis, John “Speech at the March on Washington,” 28 August 1963
- Johnson, Lyndon B. “Let Us Continue,” 27 November 1963
- Hamer, Fannie Lou, “We’re On Our Way,” September 1964
- Johnson, Lyndon B. “We Shall Overcome,” 15 March 1965
- Potter, Paul. “The Incredible War,” 17 April 1965
- Day, Dorothy. “Union Square Speech,” 6 November 1965
- Carmichael, Stokely. “Black Power,” 29 October 1966
- Steinem, Gloria. “Testimony Before Senate Hearings on the Equal Rights Amendment,” 6 May 1970
- Steinem, Gloria. “Living the Revolution,” 31 May 1970
- Chisholm, Shirley. “For the Equal Rights Amendment,” 10 August 1970
- Kerry, John F. “Statement before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Vietnam Veterans Against the War,” 22 April 1971
- Ford, Gerald R. “Remarks on Signing a Proclamation Granting Pardon to Richard Nixon, September 8, 1974,” 8 September 1974
- Chavez, Cesar, “Nomination Address for Governor Jerry Brown,” 14 July 1976
- Milk, Harvey, “You’ve Got to Have Hope,” 24 June 1977
1981-present
- Reagan, Ronald. “Address to the National Association of Evangelicals (‘The Evil Empire’),” 8 March 1983
- Caldicott, Helen. “Stop the Nuclear Madness,” 17 April 1986
- Bush, George H.W. “A Whole Europe, A Free Europe,” 31 May 1989
- Quayle, III, James Danforth. “Murphy Brown Speech,” 19 May 1992
- Buchanan, Patrick, “Culture War Speech,” 17 August 1992
- Bush, George H.W. “Speech at Penn State University,” 23 September 1992
- Clinton, William J. “Racism in the United States,” 16 October 1995
- Farrakhan, Louis. “Million Man March, 16 October 1995
- Gates, Bill. “Keynote Address to the Creating Digital Dividends Conference,” 18 October 2000
- Bush, George W. “An Address to a Joint Session of Congress and the American People,” 20 September 2001
- Bush, George W. “Graduation Speech at West Point,” 1 June 2002
- McGreevey, James. “State House Confession,” 12 August 2004
- Bush, George W. “Second Inaugural Address,” 20 January 2005
- Obama, Barack, “University of Notre Dame Commencement Address,” 17 May 2009
