Sound Ideas - Great Speeches of the 20th Century


GS	4	68	Political, Historic, Inspirational	1908-1991

This collection represents some of the most well-known speeches of the 20th century, spanning the years 1908-1991. Each speech has been edited to include the most memorable and noteworthy segments. Every attempt has been made to include a variety of speakers in the political, historical, inspirational and topical categories. GREAT SPEECHES OF THE 20TH CENTURY was designed for use in a broad range of reference and production applications.

01	Taft, William Howard	The Farmer & the Republican Party	Oct 1908
02	Wilson, Woodrow	Address to the American Indians	1913
03	Roosevelt, Theodore	Address to the Boys' Progressive League	Jly 03, 1913
04	Roosevelt, Franklin D.	Inaugural Address	Mar 04, 1933
05	Roosevelt, Franklin D.	Inaugural Address	Jan 20, 1937
06	Dewey, Thomas E.	Election Eve Campaign Speech	Nov 06, 1944
07	Truman, Harry S.	Inaugural Address	Jan 20, 1949
08	Nixon, Richard M.	"Checkers" Speech	Sep 23, 1952
09	Stevenson, Adlai	Presidential Campaign Address	Sep 1952
10	Eisenhower, Dwight D.	Republican Convention Address	Aug 23, 1956
11	Kennedy, John F Nixon, Richard M.	Presidential Debate	Oct 21, 1960
12	Goldwater, Barry	Presidential Campaign Address	Mar 31, 1964
13	Johnson, Lyndon B.	Address to the Nation	Mar 31, 1968
14	Kennedy, Robert F.	Presidential Campaign Address	Apr 05, 1968
15	Nixon, Richard M.	Inaugural Address	Jan 20, 1969
16	Agnew, Spiro	Resignation Address	Oct 15, 1973
17	Nixon, Richard M.	Resignation Address	Aug 08, 1974
18	Carter, Jimmy	Democratic Convention Acceptance Speech	Jly 15, 1976
19	Reagan, Ronald	Inaugural Address	Jan 20, 1981
20	Cuomo, Mario	Keynote Address for the Democratic Convention	Jly 16, 1984
21	Jackson, Jesse	Address to the Democratic Convention	Jly 17, 1984
22	Spencer, Len	First Promotional Message on Edison Phonograph	1906
23	Watson, James Gerard	The German Peril	Nov 25, 1917
24	Pershing, J.J.	Address From France	Apr 1918
25	Coolidge, Calvin Lindbergh, Charles	On Lindbergh's Return to the United States	Jun 11, 1927
26	King Edward VIII	Abdication Address	Dec 11, 1936
27	Chamberlain, Neville	On His Return From the Munich Conference	Sep 03, 1938
28	Hitler, Adolf	On Germany's Occupation of the Sudetenland	Oct1938
29	Chamberlain, Neville	Declaration of War with Germany	Sep 01, 1939
30	Churchill, Winston	First Radio Address As Prime Minister	May 19, 1940
31	Roosevelt, Franklin D.	Declaration of War Against Japan	Dec 08, 1941
32	Truman, Harry S.	The First Atomic Bomb Attack on Japan	Aug 06, 1945
33	Macarthur, Douglas	Address to Congress	Apr 20, 1951
34	Dulles, John Foster	On the Fall of Dien Bien Phu	May 07, 1954
35	Radio Moscow	Announcement of the Launching of Sputnik	Oct 05, 1957
36	Kennedy, John F.	The Cuban Missile Crisis	Oct 22, 1962
37	Stevenson, Adlai	Confrontation Over Russian Missiles in Cuba	Oct 25, 1962
38	Johnson, Lyndon B.	On Signing of the Civil Rights Bill	Jly 02, 1964
39	Kennedy, Edward	Eulogy for Robert F. Kennedy	Jun 08, 1968
40	Nixon, Richard M.	The End of the Vietnam War	Jan 23, 1973
41	Bush, George	On Commencement of the Bombing of Iraq	Jan 16, 1991
42	Bryan, William Jennings	The Ideal Republic	1923
43	Earhart, Amelia	On the Future of Women in Flying	Feb 1931
44	Gehrig, Lou	Farewell to Baseball	Jly 04, 1939
45	Churchill, Winston	Address to the Nation on the R.A.F.	Jun 18, 1940
46	Princess Elizabeth Princess Margaret	Greetings to the Children of England	Oct 13, 1940
47	Ruth, Babe	Farewell to Baseball	Apr 27, 1947
48	Stengel, Casey	Address to Congress	Jly 10, 1958
49	Eisenhower, Dwight D.	Farewell Address	Jan 17, 1961
50	Kennedy, John F.	Inaugural Address	Jan 20, 1961
51	Glenn, John	The First American in Earth Orbit	Mar 01, 1962
52	King, Martin Luther	To Civil Rights Marchers in Washington, D.C.	Aug 28, 1963
53	Borman, Frank	Christmas Greeting From Space	Dec 24, 1968
54	Armstrong, Neil	The Moon Landing	Jly 20, 1969
55	Aaron, Hank	Address to Congress	Jun 18, 1974
56	Reagan, Ronald	Address to the Nation on the Berlin Wall	Jun 12, 1987
57	Lindbergh, Charles	Address on U.S. Neutrality	Sep 01, 1941
58	McCarthy, Joseph	Address to the Chicago Irish Fellowship Club	Mar 17, 1954
59	Nixon, Richard M. Khrushchev, Nikita	The Kitchen Debate	Jly 24, 1959
60	Freed, Alan	Farewell to Fans (The Payola Scandal)	Nov 12, 1959
61	Nixon, Richard M.	Concession Speech	Nov 07, 1962
62	Malcolm X	On Black Power	Mar 08, 1964
63	Rubin, Jerry	Address to the Yippie Convention	Aug 28, 1968
64	Daley, Richard	Press Conference on Riots At Democratic Convention	Aug 29, 1968
65	Agnew, Spiro	Address on Vietnam War Protests	May 22, 1970
66	Steinem, Gloria	Address to the Women of America	Jly 10, 1971
67	Nixon, Richard M.	On Releasing the Watergate Tapes	Nov 17, 1973
68	North, Oliver	Testimony at the Iran-contra Hearings	Jly 08, 1987

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