speeches

Presents twenty-four speeches given by political leaders, military figures, and others before and during the Second World War, and includes a contextual introduction, introductions to each speech, biographical sketches of the speakers, a chronology, and a selected bibliography.

Presents the texts of twenty-nine speeches made by American leaders in 2002-2003, addressing the topics of war and foreign policy, homeland security, freedom of speech, and the welfare of children.

Presents the texts of twenty-four speeches made by American leaders in 2000-2001, addressing the topics of the justice system, election reform, education, diversity, and energy.

Collects twenty-three speeches from 2004 and 2005 by American speakers such as George W. Bush, Condoleezza Rice, Barack Obama, Ronald B. Flowers, R. Drew Smith, and Peter Sprigg on church and state, the media, gay marriage, the "culture wars, " seniors and Social Security, and America and the new Europe.

Presents the texts of twenty-six speeches made by American leaders in 2003-2004, addressing the topics of the U.S. Intelligence, foreign policy, the American veteran, intellectual property, and environmental challenges.

Presents the texts of twenty-three speeches made by American leaders in 1999-2000, addressing the topics of the past and future, domestic politics, health care, technology and ethics, child-rearing, and international issues.

Presents speeches by political, religious, and human rights leaders from ancient times to the 1990s.

A collection of Native American speeches that were made over the past 500 years including the words of Chief Joseph, Sitting Bull, and Tecumseh.

Details ten significant, inspirational speeches throughout history, including "I have a dream" by Martin Luther King, Jr., Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel's speech at the White House in 1999, and Nelson Mandela's speech in Trafalgar Square in 2005.

Photographs, fact boxes, and text provide overviews of ten notable speeches in United States history, including Martin Luther King's "I Have Dream" and Susan B. Anthony's "Are Women Persons?".