speeches, addresses, etc., american

Collects twenty speeches from 2006 and 2007 by political figures, including George W. Bush, Al Gore, Mitt Romney, and Barack Obama, on topics such as education, the United States in the global marketplace, health care reform, immigration, and global climate change.

Presents the texts of twenty-four speeches made by American leaders in 2000-2001, addressing the topics of the justice system, election reform, education, diversity, and energy.

Collects twenty-three speeches from 2004 and 2005 by American speakers such as George W. Bush, Condoleezza Rice, Barack Obama, Ronald B. Flowers, R. Drew Smith, and Peter Sprigg on church and state, the media, gay marriage, the "culture wars, " seniors and Social Security, and America and the new Europe.

Presents the texts of twenty-six speeches made by American leaders in 2003-2004, addressing the topics of the U.S. Intelligence, foreign policy, the American veteran, intellectual property, and environmental challenges.

Presents the texts of twenty-three speeches made by American leaders in 1999-2000, addressing the topics of the past and future, domestic politics, health care, technology and ethics, child-rearing, and international issues.

A collection of over 150 celebrated American speeches drawn from throughout the twentieth century.

Offers exerpts from the personal and public writings of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and others addressing such issues as patriotism, love, friendship, and justice.

Profiles the life and career of patriot Patrick Henry from his childhood in Hanover County, his early legal career and supporter of colonial rights, and involvement in the war for independence including an examination of his famous "Give me Liberty" speech to the second Virginia Convention in 1775.

Examines the 1851 "Ain't I a Woman" speech by abolitionist and women's rights advocate, Sojourner Truth, and profiles her life and her work within the abolitionist movement, the war and emancipation, and the legacy she left behind.

Presents Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech, explaining its meaning and significance throughout history.