GREAT SPEECHES : POLITICS & GOVERNMENT

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Winston Churchill
Calls for Britain to meet the threat of Germany

Joseph R. McCarthy
On his war against Communism

John Foster Dulles
On the fall of Dien Bien Phu

Paul McCartney
Dispels rumours of his death

Albert Einstein
Calls for an end to atomic proliferation

, News announcer:
On the capitulation of Austria's Chancellor to Hitler
Tony Blair, British prime minister:
On his meeting with Sinn Fein leader
Jimmy Carter, thirty-ninth U.S. President:
Discusses failed hostage rescue attempt
Eamon De Valera, Irish political leader:
Observes the fortieth anniversary of the Easter Uprising
Dwight D. Eisenhower, thirty-fourth U.S. President:
Welcomes Soviet Premier Khrushchev to the U.S.
George V, King of Great Britain and Ireland:
On the British Commonwealth
Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet leader:
Speaks to press upon arrival in U.S.
Dag Hammarskjöld, U.N. Secretary General:
On the need for international reconciliation
Edward Heath, Leader of the Conservative opposition:
Forecasts impact of female voters in Labour defeat
Lyndon B. Johnson, thirty-sixth U.S. President:
Signs Civil Rights Act of 1964
Robert F. Kennedy, U.S. Senator of New York:
Announces assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Nikita Khrushchev, Soviet leader:
The Kitchen Debate with Richard M. Nixon, U.S. Vice President
Martin Luther King, Jr., African-American Civil Rights leader:
Addresses the March on Washington
Henry A. Kissinger, U.S. Secretary of State:
On the importance of a strong foreign policy
Malcolm X, African-American nationalist:
Discusses challenges to African-American society
Joseph R. McCarthy, U.S. Senator of Wisconsin:
On his war against Communism
Richard M. Nixon, thirty-seventh U.S. President:
Denies involvement in the Watergate affair
Ronald Reagan, fortieth U.S. President:
Defends Iran arms sales
Franklin D. Roosevelt, thirty-second U.S. President:
On the Lend-Lease Act
F. W. de Klerk, South African president:
Speaks on the eve of Nelson Mandela's release
Joachim von Ribbentrop, Nazi Foreign Minister:
Address to the German people on England and France