Speeches

American Rhetoric

Gifts of Speech women's speeches from Around the World

"Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death," Patrick Henry (March 23, 1775)

History and Politics Out Loud

The History Channel Speeches search for text of speeches in history

Inaugural Addresses, Presidents of the United States (Columbia University)

Landmark Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK Research & Education Institute, Stanford University. See also the links for Sermons.

"Peace for Our Time," Neville Chamberlain (1938)

Speeches, Winston Churchill (The Churchill Center)

Speeches and Speechmakers (Online Communication Studies Resources, University of Iowa)

Speeches, President George W. Bush (The White House)