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LBJ's American Promise
Though Lyndon Johnson developed a reputation as a rough-hewn, arm-twisting deal-maker with a drawl, at a crucial moment in history he delivered an address to Congress that moved …
FDR's First Fireside Chat
I want to talk for a few minutes with the people of the United States... Thus began not only the first of Franklin Roosevelt's celebrated radio addresses, collectively called …
Theodore Roosevelt, Conservation, and the 1908 Governors’ Conference
Among Theodore Roosevelt’s many initiatives, oneof the most important accomplishments was hiseffort to convince the nation that conserving theenvironment was crucial to its …
The Great Silent Majority
In his televised and widely watched speech to the nation on November 3, 1969, Pres. Richard M. Nixon introduced a phrase—“silent majority”—and a policy—Vietnamization of the war …
Writing JFK
Following the dramatic Bay of Pigs fiasco in 1961, President John F. Kennedy moved to repair the damage the invasion had done to his image and to his relations with the press. …
Woodrow Wilson's Western Tour
On September 3, 1919, Woodrow Wilson embarked upon one of the most ambitious and controversial speaking tours in the history of American politics: a grueling 8,000-mile, …
Jefferson's Call for Nationhood
Widely celebrated in its own time, Thomas Jefferson's first inaugural address commands the regard of Americans from across the political spectrum. Delivered as the young nation …
Truman's Whistle-stop Campaign
Faced with the likely loss of the 1948 presidential elections, Harry S. Truman decided to do what he did best: talk straight. When Truman boarded the train to head west in June …
Eisenhower's Atoms for Peace
On July 16, 1945, the United States set off the world's first atomic explosion. In his ""Atoms for Peace"" speech of 1953, President Dwight D. Eisenhower captured the tensions_and …
Reagan at Westminster
President Ronald Reagan’s famous address to the Houses of Parliament is now considered—in its spirit if not in its actual words—to be the initial enunciation of his “Evil Empire” …