Rank | Speaker | Title/Text | Audio |
1 | Martin Luther King, Jr. | "I Have A Dream" | mp3 Stream |
2 |
John Fitzgerald Kennedy |
Inaugural Address |
mp3 Stream |
3 |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
First Inaugural Address |
mp3 Stream |
4 |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation |
mp3 Stream |
5 |
Barbara Charline Jordan |
1976 DNC Keynote Address |
mp3 Stream |
6 | Richard Milhous Nixon |
"Checkers" |
mp3 Stream |
7 | Malcolm X |
"The Ballot or the Bullet" |
mp3.1 mp3.2 |
8 | Ronald Wilson Reagan |
Shuttle ''Challenger'' Disaster Address |
mp3 Stream |
9 |
John Fitzgerald Kennedy |
Houston Ministerial Association Speech |
mp3 Stream |
10 | Lyndon Baines Johnson |
"We Shall Overcome" |
mp3 Stream |
11 | Mario Mathew Cuomo |
1984 DNC Keynote Address |
mp3 Stream |
12 | Jesse Louis Jackson |
1984 DNC Address |
mp3.1 mp3.2 mp3.3 |
13 |
Barbara Charline Jordan |
Statement on the Articles of Impeachment |
mp3 Stream |
14 |
(General) Douglas MacArthur |
Farewell Address to ConGREss |
mp3 Stream |
15 |
Martin Luther King, Jr. |
"I've Been to the Mountaintop" |
mp3 Stream |
16 |
Theodore Roosevelt |
"The Man with the Muck-rake" |
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17 |
Robert Francis Kennedy |
Remarks on the Assassination of MLKing |
mp3 Stream |
18 | Dwight David Eisenhower |
Farewell Address |
mp3 Stream |
19 |
Woodrow Thomas Wilson |
War Message |
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20 |
(General) Douglas MacArthur |
"Duty, Honor, Country" |
mp3 Stream |
21 |
Richard Milhous Nixon |
"The GREat Silent Majority" |
mp3 Stream |
22 |
John Fitzgerald Kennedy |
"Ich bin ein Berliner" |
mp3 Stream |
23 |
Clarence Seward Darrow |
"Mercy for Leopold and Loeb" |
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24 |
Russell H. Conwell |
"Acres of Diamonds" |
mp3 Stream |
25 |
Ronald Wilson Reagan |
"A Time for Choosing" |
mp3 Stream |
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26 | Huey Pierce Long |
"Every Man a King" |
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27 | Anna Howard Shaw | "The Fundamental Principle of a Republic" | |
28 |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
"The Arsenal of Democracy" |
mp3 Stream |
29 |
Ronald Wilson Reagan |
"The Evil Empire" |
mp3 Stream |
30 |
Ronald Wilson Reagan |
First Inaugural Address |
mp3 Stream |
31 |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
First Fireside Chat |
mp3 Stream |
32 | Harry S. Truman |
"The Truman Doctrine" |
mp3 Stream |
33 | William Cuthbert Faulkner |
Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech |
mp3 Stream |
34 |
Eugene Victor Debs |
1918 Statement to the Court |
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35 |
Hillary Rodham Clinton |
"Women's Rights are Human Rights" |
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36 |
Dwight David Eisenhower |
"Atoms for Peace" |
mp3 Stream |
37 |
John Fitzgerald Kennedy |
American University Commencement Address |
mp3 |
38 |
Dorothy Ann Willis Richards |
1988 DNC Keynote Address |
mp3 |
39 |
Richard Milhous Nixon |
Resignation Speech |
mp3 |
40 |
Woodrow Thomas Wilson |
"The Fourteen Points" |
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41 |
Margaret Chase Smith |
"Declaration of Conscience" |
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42 |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
"The Four Freedoms" |
mp3 |
43 |
Martin Luther King, Jr. |
"A Time to Break Silence" |
mp3 |
44 |
Mary Church Terrell |
"What it Means to be Colored in the...U.S." |
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45 |
William Jennings Bryan |
"Against Imperialism" |
Real Audio Stream |
46 |
Margaret Higgins Sanger |
"The Morality of Birth Control" |
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47 |
Barbara Pierce Bush |
1990 Wellesley College Commencement Address |
mp3 |
48 |
John Fitzgerald Kennedy |
Civil Rights Address |
mp3 |
49 |
John Fitzgerald Kennedy |
Cuban Missile Crisis Address |
mp3 |
50 |
Spiro Theodore Agnew |
"Television News Coverage" |
mp3 |
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51 |
Jesse Louis Jackson |
1988 DNC Address |
mp3.1 mp3.2 |
52 |
Mary Fisher |
"A Whisper of AIDS" |
mp3 |
53 | Lyndon Baines Johnson | "The GREat Society" | mp3 Stream |
54 |
George Catlett Marshall |
"The Marshall Plan" |
mp3 |
55 |
Edward Moore Kennedy |
"Truth and Tolerance in America" |
mp3 |
56 |
Adlai Ewing Stevenson |
Presidential Nomination Acceptance Address |
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57 |
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt |
"The Struggle for Human Rights" |
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58 |
Geraldine Anne Ferraro |
Vice-Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech |
mp3 |
59 |
Robert Marion La Follette |
"Free Speech in Wartime" |
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60 |
Ronald Wilson Reagan |
40th Anniversary of D-Day Address |
mp3 |
61 |
Mario Mathew Cuomo |
"Religious Belief and Public Morality" | |
62 |
Edward Moore Kennedy |
"Chappaquiddick" |
mp3 |
63 |
John Llewellyn Lewis |
"The Rights of Labor" |
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64 |
Barry Morris Goldwater |
Presidential Nomination Acceptance Address |
mp3 |
65 |
Stokely Carmichael |
"Black Power" |
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66 |
Hubert Horatio Humphrey |
1948 DNC Address |
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67 |
Emma Goldman |
Address to the Jury |
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68 |
Carrie Chapman Catt |
"The Crisis" |
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69 |
Newton Norman Minow |
"Television and the Public Interest" |
Real Audio Stream |
70 |
Edward Moore Kennedy |
Eulogy for Robert Francis Kennedy |
mp3 Stream |
71 | Anita Faye Hill |
Statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee |
mp3 |
72 | Woodrow Thomas Wilson |
League of Nations Final Address |
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73 |
Henry Louis ("Lou") Gehrig |
Farewell to Baseball Address |
mp3 |
74 |
Richard Milhous Nixon |
Cambodian Incursion Address |
mp3 |
75 |
Carrie Chapman Catt |
Address to the U.S. ConGREss |
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76 |
Edward Moore Kennedy |
1980 DNC Address |
mp3 |
77 |
Lyndon Baines Johnson |
On Vietnam and Not Seeking Re-Election |
mp3 |
78 |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
Commonwealth Club Address |
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79 |
Woodrow Thomas Wilson |
First Inaugural Address |
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80 |
Mario Savio |
"An End to History" |
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81 |
Elizabeth Glaser |
1992 DNC Address |
mp3 |
82 |
Eugene Victor Debs |
"The Issue" |
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83 | Margaret Higgins Sanger | "The Children's Era" | |
84 | Ursula Le Guin | "A Left-Handed Commencement Address" | |
85 |
Crystal Eastman |
"Now We Can Begin" |
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86 |
Huey Pierce Long |
"Share Our Wealth" | |
87 |
Gerald Rudolph Ford |
Address on Taking the Oath of Office |
mp3 |
88 |
Cesar Estrada Chavez |
Speech on Ending His 25 Day Fast |
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89 |
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn |
Statement at the Smith Act Trial |
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90 |
Jimmy Earl Carter |
"A Crisis of Confidence" |
mp3 |
91 |
Malcolm X |
"Message to the Grassroots" |
mp3 |
92 |
William Jefferson Clinton |
Oklahoma Bombing Memorial Address |
mp3 |
93 | Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm | "For the Equal Rights Amendment" | |
94 | Ronald Wilson Reagan | Brandenburg Gate Address | mp3 |
95 | Eliezer ("Elie") Wiesel | "The Perils of Indifference" |
mp3 |
96 |
Gerald Rudolph Ford |
National Address Pardoning Richard M. Nixon |
mp3 |
97 |
Woodrow Thomas Wilson |
"For the League of Nations" |
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98 |
Lyndon Baines Johnson |
"Let Us Continue" |
mp3 |
99 |
Joseph N. Welch |
"Have You No Sense of Decency" |
mp3 |
100 |
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt |
Adopting the Declaration of Human Rights |
mp3 |