
| Rank | Speaker | Title/Text | Audio | Duration |
| 1 | Martin Luther King, Jr. | "I Have A Dream" | mp3 | Entire |
| 2 |
John Fitzgerald Kennedy |
mp3 | Entire | |
| 3 |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
mp3 | Entire | |
| 4 |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
mp3 | Entire | |
| 5 |
Barbara Charline Jordan |
mp3 |
Entire |
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| 6 | Richard Milhous Nixon | mp3 |
Entire |
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| 7 | Malcolm X | mp3 |
Entire |
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| 8 | Ronald Wilson Reagan | mp3 | Entire | |
| 9 |
John Fitzgerald Kennedy |
mp3 |
Entire |
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| 10 | Lyndon Baines Johnson | mp3 | Entire | |
| 11 | Mario Matthew Cuomo | mp3 |
Entire |
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| 12 | Jesse Louis Jackson |
Entire |
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| 13 |
Barbara Charline Jordan |
mp3 |
Entire |
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| 14 |
(General) Douglas MacArthur |
mp3 | Entire | |
| 15 |
Martin Luther King, Jr. |
mp3 | Entire | |
| 16 |
Theodore Roosevelt |
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| 17 |
Robert Francis Kennedy |
mp3 | Entire | |
| 18 | Dwight David Eisenhower | mp3 | Entire | |
| 19 |
Thomas Woodrow Wilson |
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| 20 |
(General) Douglas MacArthur |
mp3 | Entire | |
| 21 |
Richard Milhous Nixon |
mp3 | Entire | |
| 22 |
John Fitzgerald Kennedy |
mp3 |
Entire |
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| 23 |
Clarence Seward Darrow |
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| 24 |
Russell H. Conwell |
mp3 |
Short Excerpt |
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| 25 |
Ronald Wilson Reagan |
mp3 |
Entire |
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| 26 | Huey Pierce Long |
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| 27 | Anna Howard Shaw | "The Fundamental Principle of a Republic" |
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| 28 |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
mp3 |
Entire |
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| 29 |
Ronald Wilson Reagan |
mp3 |
Entire |
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| 30 |
Ronald Wilson Reagan |
mp3 |
Entire |
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| 31 |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
mp3 |
Entire |
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| 32 | Harry S. Truman | mp3 |
Entire |
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| 33 | William Cuthbert Faulkner | mp3 | Entire | |
| 34 |
Eugene Victor Debs |
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| 35 |
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton |
mp3 | Entire | |
| 36 |
Dwight David Eisenhower |
mp3 |
Entire |
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| 37 |
John Fitzgerald Kennedy |
Entire |
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| 38 |
Dorothy Ann Willis Richards |
Entire |
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| 39 |
Richard Milhous Nixon |
Entire |
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| 40 |
Thomas Woodrow Wilson |
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| 41 |
Margaret Chase Smith |
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| 42 |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
mp3 |
Entire |
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| 43 |
Martin Luther King, Jr. |
mp3 | Long Excerpt | |
| 44 |
Mary Church Terrell |
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| 45 |
William Jennings Bryan |
mp3 |
Short Excerpt |
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| 46 |
Margaret Higgins Sanger |
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| 47 |
Barbara Pierce Bush |
Entire |
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| 48 |
John Fitzgerald Kennedy |
Entire |
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| 49 |
John Fitzgerald Kennedy |
Entire |
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| 50 |
Spiro Theodore Agnew |
Long Excerpt |
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| 51 |
Jesse Louis Jackson |
mp3.1 mp3.2 |
Entire |
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| 52 |
Mary Fisher |
mp3 |
Entire |
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| 53 | Lyndon Baines Johnson | "The Great Society" | mp3 |
Entire |
| 54 |
George Catlett Marshall |
Entire |
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| 55 |
Edward Moore Kennedy |
mp3 | Entire | |
| 56 |
Adlai Ewing Stevenson |
mp3 | Entire | |
| 57 |
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt |
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| 58 |
Geraldine Anne Ferraro |
mp3 | Entire | |
| 59 |
Robert Marion La Follette |
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| 60 |
Ronald Wilson Reagan |
Entire | ||
| 61 |
Mario Matthew Cuomo |
"Religious Belief and Public Morality" | mp3 | Entire |
| 62 |
Edward Moore Kennedy |
Short Excerpt |
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| 63 |
John Llewellyn Lewis |
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| 64 |
Barry Morris Goldwater |
mp3 | Entire | |
| 65 |
Stokely Carmichael |
mp3 | Entire | |
| 66 |
Hubert Horatio Humphrey |
Off-site Audio | Entire | |
| 67 |
Emma Goldman |
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| 68 |
Carrie Chapman Catt |
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| 69 |
Newton Norman Minow |
mp3 |
Entire |
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| 70 |
Edward Moore Kennedy |
mp3 |
Entire |
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| 71 | Anita Faye Hill | mp3 |
Entire |
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| 72 | Thomas Woodrow Wilson |
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| 73 |
Henry Louis ("Lou") Gehrig |
Short Excerpt |
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| 74 |
Richard Milhous Nixon |
mp3 | Entire | |
| 75 |
Carrie Chapman Catt |
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| 76 |
Edward Moore Kennedy |
mp3 | Entire | |
| 77 |
Lyndon Baines Johnson |
mp3 | Entire | |
| 78 |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
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| 79 |
Thomas Woodrow Wilson |
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| 80 |
Mario Savio |
mp3 | Entire | |
| 81 |
Elizabeth Glaser |
mp3 | Entire | |
| 82 |
Eugene Victor Debs |
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| 83 | Margaret Higgins Sanger | "The Children's Era" |
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| 84 | Ursula Le Guin | "A Left-Handed Commencement Address" |
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| 85 |
Crystal Eastman |
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| 86 |
Huey Pierce Long |
"Share Our Wealth" | ||
| 87 |
Gerald Rudolph Ford |
Entire |
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| 88 |
Cesar Estrada Chavez |
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| 89 |
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn |
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| 90 |
Jimmy Earl Carter |
mp3 | Entire | |
| 91 |
Malcolm X |
mp3 | Entire | |
| 92 |
William Jefferson Clinton |
mp3 | Entire | |
| 93 | Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm | "For the Equal Rights Amendment" |
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| 94 | Ronald Wilson Reagan | Brandenburg Gate Address | mp3 | Entire |
| 95 | Eliezer ("Elie") Wiesel | "The Perils of Indifference" |
Entire |
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| 96 |
Gerald Rudolph Ford |
Long Excerpt |
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| 97 |
Thomas Woodrow Wilson |
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| 98 |
Lyndon Baines Johnson |
mp3 | Entire | |
| 99 |
Joseph N. Welch |
mp3 | Entire | |
| 100 |
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt |
mp3 | Entire | |
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Audio Speeches #12, #14, #24, #28, #31, #32, #42, #58, #60, #62, #74, #76, courtesy of Vincent Voice Library |
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Important 21st Century Speeches |
© Copyright 2001-2008.
American Rhetoric
by
Michael E. Eidenmuller
All rights reserved.