MC: (inaudible) when the Neshoba County Fair was first organized, we have had many illustrious statesmen to visit with us. But this is the first time in our history that we have ever had a[…]
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1987, June 12 -Ronald Reagan – Address from the Brandenburg Gate (Berlin Wall) – open captioned
(Applause, cheering) Thank you (Applause, cheering) Thank you very much. (Applause, cheering) Chancellor Kohl, Governing Mayor Diepgen, ladies and gentlemen. Twenty-four years ago, president John F. Kennedy visited Berlin, speaking to the people of this[…]
1988, January 25 – Ronald Reagan – State of the Union – open captioned
Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, and distinguished Members of the House and Senate. When we first met here seven years ago many of us for the first time, it was with the hope of beginning something[…]
1912, August 6 – Teddy Roosevelt – Speech on Social and Industrial Justice – open captioned
Our prime concern is that in dealing with the fundamental law of the land, in assuming finally to interpret it, and therefore finally to make it, the acts of the courts should be subject to[…]
1962, September 12 – JFK – Moon Speech “not because they are easy but because they are hard” -closed captioned
We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy but because they are hard. Because that goal will serve to organize and measure the[…]
1981, August 3 – Reagan – Remarks on the Air Traffic Controllers Strike – Open Captioned
This morning at 7:00 a.m., the union representing those who man America’s air traffic control facilities called a strike. This was the culmination of seven months of negotiations between the Federal Aviation Administration and the[…]
1976, August 19 – Reagan – Remarks at the Republican National Convention – open captioned
(Cheering & applause) Thank you very much. Mr. President, Mrs. Ford, Mr. Vice President, Mr. Vice President-to-be– (Cheering & applause) –the distinguished guests here, you ladies and gentlemen, I’m going to say fellow Republicans here,[…]
1940, May 20 – FDR – Asks $1 Billion for National Defense – Closed Captioned
I should like to see this nation geared up to the ability to turn out at least 50,000 planes a year. (Applause) I ask for an immediate appropriation of 896 million dollars. (Applause) And may[…]
1935, August 14 – FDR – Signing of Social Security Act – Closed Captioned
Today, a hope of many years’ standing is in large part fulfilled. The civilization of the past hundred years, with its startling industrial changes, has tended more and more to make life insecure. Young people[…]
1933, October 22 – Newsreel – FDR – Fireside chat # 4 – Economic Recovery – closed captioned
It is three months, my friends, since I have talked with the people of this country about our national problems. But during this period many things have happened, and I am glad to say that[…]