My Fellow Americans : : the Most Important Speeches of America's Presidents, From George Washington to Barack Obama

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Includes 2 CDs (compact discs) with the voices of the presidents since Benjamin Harrison and a reading of the first presidential speech of George Washington.
George Washington. First inaugural address "The American experiment" ; Farewell address "The counsels of an old and affectionate friend -- Thomas Jefferson. First inaugural address "We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists" -- Andrew Jackson. Veto of the Bank of the United States "The rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes" ; Proclamation on Nullification "Disunion by armed force is treason" -- Abraham Lincoln. Address to the State Republican Convention "A house divided" ; First inaugural "The better angels of our nature" ; Gettysburg address "A new birth of freedom" ; Second inaugural "With malice toward none" -- Theodore Roosevelt. Dedication of the House Office Building "The man with the muck-rake" ; Speech at Osawatomie, Kansas "The new nationalism" -- Woodrow Wilson. Request for war on Germany "The world must be made safe for democracy" ; Address on peace terms "Fourteen points" -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt. First Inaugural Address "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself" ; Acceptance speech for renomination "A rendezvous with destiny" ; Annual message to Congress "Four freedoms" ; Request for declaration of war "A date which will live in infamy" ; D-Day prayer "Our sons, pride of our nation -- Harry S. Truman. Address to Congress on Greece and Turkey "The Truman Doctrine" ; Whistle-stop speech "Do nothing Congress" -- Dwight D. Eisenhower. Address before the UN General Assembly "Atoms for peace" ; Farewell address "Military-industrial complex" -- John F. Kennedy. Inaugural address "Ask not what your country can do for you."
John F. Kennedy. Address to the nation on the Cuban missle crisis "Missiles in Cuba" ; Commencement address, American University "Let us reexamine our attitude toward the cold war" ; Speech at the Berlin Wall "Ich bin ein Berliner" -- Lyndon B. Johnson. Address to Congress after the Kennedy assassination "Let us continue" ; Address to Congress on voting rights "We shall overcome" ; Speech on the Vietnam War "I shall not seek and I will not accept the nomination of my party" -- Richard M. Nixon. Address to the nation on Vietnam "The great silent majority" ; Farewell address to White House staff "We have done some things wrong" -- Gerald R. Ford. Remarks upon taking the oath of office "Our long national nightmare is over" -- Jimmy Carter. Speech on energy and national goals "A crisis of confidence" -- Ronald Reagan. First inaugural "Government is the problem" ; Address to members of the British Parliament "Leave Marxism-Leninism on the ash-heap of history" ; the Challenger explosion "Slipped the surly bonds of earth" ; Remarks on the Iran-Contra scandal "I cannot escape responsibility" -- George H.W. Bush. Acceptance speech, Republican Convention "A kinder and gentler nation" -- Bill Clinton. Remarks to the Church of God in Christ in Memphis "What would Martin Luther King Say" ; Eulogy for victims of Oklahoma City bombing In the face of death, let us honor life" ; State of the Union Address 1998 "Let that be our gift to the 21st century" -- George W. Bush. Address to Congress after the attacks of September 11, 2001 "Freedom and fear, justice and cruelty..." ; Address on Iraq (48 hour ultimatum) "The day of your liberation is near" -- Barack Obama. Remarks in Philadelphia "A more perfect union" ; Remarks to the House Democratic Caucus "I am not bound to win..".
Narrated by George Stephanopoulos.

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nice submitted by Ele Z. on July 26, 2011, 7:34am very interesting