American Rhetoric: Online Speech Bank

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[SITE SEARCH] Audio Figures Christian Rhetoric Movie Speeches News & Info Rhetoric of 9-11 Speech Bank Top 100 Speeches For Scholars What is Rhetoric? Plato on Rhetoric Aristotle on Rhetoric Comm Journals Comm Associations RCA Cool Exercises Rhetoric Quiz! Rodman & de Ref Corax v. Tisias Reviews/Traffic Features/Awards NetRank/Links In Audio Players Real Player Windows Media WinAmp	Get Speeches A-F Get Speeches G-L Get Speeches M-R Get Speeches S-Z	*Lou Gehrig* *Farewell to Baseball* delivered 4 July 1939 "When you have a wonderful mother-in-law who takes sides with you in squabbles with her own daughter -- that’s something. When you have a father and a mother who work all their lives so you can have an education and build your body -- it’s a blessing. When you have a wife who has been a tower of strength and shown more courage than you dreamed existed -- that’s the finest I know. So, I close in saying that I might have been given a bad break, but I've got an awful lot to live for. Text and Audio of Speech	1/20/04 President's 2004 State of the Union Address 12/14/03 President' Announces Capture of Saddam Hussein 7/18/03 Tony Blair Accepts Congressional Gold Medal Award 5/01/03 President Announces End of Combat Ops in Iraq 4/10/03 President's Address to the Peoples of Iraq 4/03/03 President's Address at Camp Lejeune 3/20/03 Prime Minister of Israel 3/19/03 Senator Robert Byrd: 'The Arrogance of Power' 3/19/03 President's Address to the Nation: Initial Ops in Iraq 3/17/03 President's Address to the Nation: Ultimatum to Sadaam 1/28/03: President's State of the Union Address	Movie Speech: Pride of the Yankees Barry Goldwater: 1964 RNC Address Ronald Reagan: Address to the National Association of Evangelicals Ann Richards: 1988 Democratic National Convention Address Movie Speech: Amistad - John Quincy Adams Addresses the U.S. Supreme Court Movie Speech: The Great Dictator
	THE ONLINE SPEECH BANK is an index to and growing database of 5000+ full text, audio and video (streaming) versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates, interviews, other recorded media events, and a declaration or two. There are currently [450] active links in this site area. Links are arranged alphabetically by first name and checked for errors at least once every two weeks. QUALITY ASSURANCE: Through the transcription process it has become evident that a number of speech texts found at other web locations bearing the same title/speaker contain various substantive and/or stylistic errors (e.g., omission, addition, false figuration).
	Be assured that where "AUTHENTICITY CERTIFIED" appears in one of American Rhetoric's text holdings, readers are guaranteed to find a text that is substantively and stylistically faithful to the speech as originally delivered.	Memorable Audio Lines Martin Luther King John F. Kennedy Ronald Reagan Robert Kennedy Mario M. Cuomo Barbara Jordan Joseph N. Welch	About the Author	Great Native American Speeches Chief Powhatan Chief Logan Chief Red Jacket Chief Tecumseh Chief Pushmataha Chief Red Eagle