HARVARD UNIVERSITY, 1947
George Marshall
‘Most Newsworthy’
President Truman’s secretary of state used his turn at the podium to unveil and justify his Marshall Plan to repair World War II– ravaged Europe. “The whole world of the future hangs on a proper judgment,” he said. “What is needed? What can best be done? What must be done?”
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, [...]
President Hoover, Mr. Chief Justice, my friends:
This is a day of national consecration. And I am certain that on this day my fellow Americans expect that on my induction into the Presidency, I will address them with a candor and a decision which the present situation of our people impels.
This is preeminently [...]
[Administering of the Oath of Office]
Vice President Johnson, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Chief Justice, President Eisenhower, Vice President Nixon, President Truman, Reverend Clergy, fellow citizens:
We observe today not a victory of party, but a celebration of freedom — symbolizing an end, as well as a beginning — signifying renewal, as well as change. For I [...]
I Have A Dream
delivered 28 August 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.
I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.
Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation [...]