Portal:Modern speeches
The modern era is the period 1900–present, predated by the early modern era.
1900s
- Lectures on The Historians of Bohemia – Ilchester Lectures by František Lützow (1904)
- The Citizenship of Women: A Plea for Woman's Suffrage – Kier Hardie, (1905)
- The Duma is Dead, Long Live the Duma – Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, (23 July 1906)
- The Man with the Muck Rake – Theodore Roosevelt, (1906)
- Sons of the Puritans – Theodore Roosevelt, (1907)
- Frontiers – George Curzon, (2 November 1907)
- Beadon Square Speech – Sri Aurobindo, (13 June 1909)
- Jhalakati Speech – Sri Aurobindo, (19 June 1909)
- Kumartuli Speech – Sri Aurobindo, (11 July 1909)
- Speech at the Hughly Conference – Sri Aurobindo, (6 September 1909)
- The Strength of Stillness – Sri Aurobindo, (19 February 1910)
1910s
- The Man in the Arena: Citizenship in a Republic – Theodore Roosevelt, (23 April 1910)
- The New Nationalism – Theodore Roosevelt, (1910)
- Irish Labourers Housing Speech – D.D. Sheehan, (11 August 1911)
- The Old Town Hall of Prague – František Lützow, (18 September 1911)
- Progressive Cause Greater Than Any Individual – Theodore Roosevelt, (14 October 1912)
- A Modern Lear – Jane Addams, (2 November 1912)
- Labor's Service to Freedom – Samuel Gompers, 1914
- The problem of small nations in the European crisis – Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, (1915)
- Benaras Hindu University Speech – Mohandas K. Gandhi (4 February 1916)
- Bohemia's claim to independence – Charles Pergler, (25 February 1916)
- The Slavs among the nations – Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, (15 March 1916)
- The Bohemians (Czechs) In The Present Crisis – Charles Pergler, (28 May 1916)
- The Heart of Europe – Charles Pergler, (11 December 1916)
- America Safe! – James W. Gerard, (1917)
- Request for a Declaration of War – Woodrow Wilson, (6 April 1917)
- America's Entry into the War – David Lloyd George, (17 April 1917)
- A Tribute to America – Herbert Henry Asquith, (17 April 1917)
- The Oldest Free Assemblies – Arthur Balfour, (5 May 1917)
- Cause of the Great War – David Lloyd George, (June 1917)
- Austria and Europe, – Henry Wickham Steed (8 December 1917)
- Fourteen Points Speech – Woodrow Wilson, (8 January 1918)
- Response to Woodrow Wilson's Speech of 11 February 1918 – Arthur Balfour, (27 February 1918)
- Irish Anti-Conscription Crisis Speech – D.D. Sheehan, (12 April 1918)
- National Oath – Alois Jirásek (13 April 1918)
- No Compromise – Charles Pergler (14 September 1918)
- Beneš and Kramář Report to the Nation – Edvard Beneš and Karel Kramář (30 September 1918)
- Masaryk's First Presidential Message – Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (22 December 1918)
- Americanization – Josef Štýbr (3 May 1919)
- Achievements of the Democratic Party – Homer S. Cummings, (1919)
- Citizenship – Will H. Hays, (1919)
- Democrats in the World War – Alexander Mitchell Palmer (1919)
- League of Nations – Henry Cabot Lodge, (1919)
- Revise Taxes – William Gibbs McAdoo (1919)
- League of Nations Address – Woodrow Wilson, (25 September 1919)
- Masaryk's Message on First Independence Day – Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (28 October 1919)
- Šrobar Describes Situation in Slovakia – Vavro Šrobár (15 November 1919)
1920s
- Beneš on the Russian Situation - Edvard Beneš, (30 January 1920)
- Masaryk's Birthday Address - Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, (11 March 1920)
- The story of the Jones County Calf Case - Charles E. Wheeler, (24 June 1920)
- The American Soldier - Warren G. Harding, (1920)
- Americanism - Warren G. Harding, (1920)
- Americanism - Franklin Delano Roosevelt, (1920)
- Confidence in Government - James M. Cox, (1920)
- Cork Mayoral Acceptance Speech - Terence MacSwiney, (1920)
- Democracy's Achievement - Robert Latham Owen, (1920)
- Democratic Achievement - Champ Clark, (1920)
- Duty of Government - Calvin Coolidge, (1920)
- Equal Rights - Calvin Coolidge, (1920)
- Law and Order - Calvin Coolidge, (1920)
- Liberty Under the Law - Warren G. Harding, (1920)
- Nationalism and Americanism - Warren G. Harding, (1920)
- Peace, Progress, and Prosperity - George White, (1920)
- President Wilson - Homer S. Cummings, (1920)
- Prevention of War - James M. Cox, (1920)
- Safeguard America! - Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, (1920)
- Save America - Nicholas Murray Butler, (1920)
- Summons to Duty - Homer S. Cummings, (1920)
- Theodore Roosevelt - Leonard Wood, (1920)
- The World War - James M. Cox, (1920)
- Statement in The Great Trial - Mohandas K. Gandhi (18 March 1922)
- Disarmament Speech - Stanley Baldwin, (23 July 1923)
- M. Švehla's tribute in the Ministerial Council (on the death of Woodrow Wilson) - Antonín Švehla (4 February 1924)
- Address by Dr. Eduard Beneš, Czechoslovak Foreign Minister (on the death of Woodrow Wilson) - Edvard Beneš (10 February 1924)
- Address of the American Minister Mr. Lewis Einstein (on the death of Woodrow Wilson) - Lewis Einstein (10 February 1924)
- Pan-Asianism - Sun Yat-sen, (1924)
- Scopes Monkey Trial Summation (undelivered) - William Jennings Bryan, (1925)
1930s
- Abdication - Edward VIII, (20 January 1936)
- Quarantine the Aggressor - Franklin Delano Roosevelt, (5 October 1937)
- Farewell to Baseball - Lou Gehrig, (4 July 1939)
- An Attempt to Dominate the World by Force - Neville Chamberlain, (17 March 1939)
- Announcing the Invasion of Poland - Neville Chamberlain, (1 September 1939)
1940s
- On the Invasion of Norway - Joachim von Ribbentrop, (10 April 1940)
- Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat - Winston Churchill, (13 May 1940)
- We shall fight on the beaches - Winston Churchill, (4 June 1940)
- Navy Day - Getúlio Vargas, (11 June 1940)
- Their Finest Hour - Winston Churchill, (18 June 1940)
- Seamen՚s Day - Getúlio Vargas, (29 June 1940)
- To the Children of the Commonwealth - Princess Elizabeth, (13 October 1940)
- The Arsenal of Democracy - Franklin Delano Roosevelt, (29 December 1940)
- The Four Freedoms speech - Franklin Delano Roosevelt, (6 January 1941)
- Address to the Reichstag - Adolf Hitler, (4 May 1941)
- British War Aims - Anthony Eden, (29 May 1941)
- Never Give In, Never, Never, Never - Winston Churchill, (29 October 1941)
- Pearl Harbor speech - Franklin Delano Roosevelt, (8 December 1941)
- We Are Still Losing This War - Ralph Austin Bard, (24 September 1942)
- Speech Condemning Massacre of the Jews - Cyril Garbett, (9 December 1942)
- Speech Supporting Immediate Aid to Jewish Refugees - Archbishop William Temple, (23 March 1943)
- Speech Opposing Area Bombing - George Bell, (9 February 1944)
- Let Our Hearts Be Stout - Franklin Delano Roosevelt, (6 June 1944)
- Churchill announces the surrender of Germany - Winston Churchill, (8 May 1945)
- Germany Surrenders - Harry S. Truman, (8 May 1945)
- Vennard Wilson speech (30 May 1945)
- Address to the surrendering Japanese delegation - Thomas Blamey, (9 September 1945)
- The Marshall Plan - George C. Marshall, (5 June 1947)
- A Tryst With Destiny - Jawaharlal Nehru, (14 August 1947)
1950s
- MacArthur's Farewell Speech to Congress - Douglas MacArthur, (19 April 1951)
- Checkers speech - Richard M. Nixon (23 September 1952)
- Christmas Message, 1952 - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, (25 December 1952)
- The Suez Crisis - Anthony Eden, (31 October 1956)
1960s
- Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech - John F. Kennedy, (15 July 1960)
- Military-industrial complex speech - Dwight D. Eisenhower, (1961)
- The Berlin Crisis - John F. Kennedy, (25 July 1961)
- We choose to go to the moon - John F. Kennedy, (12 September 1962)
- Cuban Missile Crisis - John F. Kennedy, (22 October 1962)
- Adlai Stevenson's Cuban Missile Crisis speech to the United Nations Security Council - Adlai Stevenson, (25 October 1962)
- ext of President Goulart՚s New Year՚s Message - João Goulart, (31 December 1962)
- Honourary Citizenship Award for Winston Churchill - John F. Kennedy, (9 April 1963)
- Ich bin ein Berliner - John F. Kennedy, (26 June 1963)
- Civil Rights Message - John F. Kennedy, (11 June 1963)
- Let Us Continue - Lyndon Baines Johnson, (27 November 1963)
- I Am Prepared to Die - Nelson Mandela, (20 April 1964)
- The Great Society - Lyndon Baines Johnson, (22 May 1964)
- Gulf of Tonkin Incident - Lyndon Baines Johnson, (4 August 1964)
- Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech - Lyndon Baines Johnson, (27 August 1964)
- We Shall Overcome - Lyndon Baines Johnson, (15 March 1965)
- Renunciation Speech - Lyndon Baines Johnson, (31 March 1968)
- Announcing the Death of Martin Luther King, Jr. - Robert F. Kennedy, (4 April 1968)
- Tribute to Senator Robert F. Kennedy - Ted Kennedy, (8 June 1969)
- Brezhnev Doctrine - Leonid Brezhnev, (13 November 1968)
- Chappaquiddick - Ted Kennedy, (25 July 1969)
- Vietnamization - Richard Nixon, (3 November 1969)
- Rogers Plan - William P. Rogers, (9 December 1969)
1970s
- Resignation - Richard M. Nixon, (8 August 1974)
- Farewell Address - Richard M. Nixon, (9 August 1974)
- Assumption of the Presidency - Gerald R. Ford, (9 August 1974)
- The Effects of Religious Cults on the Health and Welfare of Their Converts - Congressman Leo Ryan, 3 November 1977)
- The Crisis of Confidence - Jimmy Carter, (15 July 1979)
1980s
- The Cause Endures - Ted Kennedy, (12 August, 1980)
- Second Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech - Jimmy Carter, (14 August 1980)
- Farewell Address - Jimmy Carter, (14 January 1981)
- The Agenda is Victory - Ronald Reagan, (26 February 1982)
- Evil Empire speech - Ronald Reagan, (8 June 1982)
- Attack on KAL Flight 007 - Ronald Reagan, (5 September 1983)
- Truth and Tolerance in America - Ted Kennedy, (3 October, 1983)
- Address at Omaha Beach - Ronald Reagan, (6 June 1984)
- Speech at Pointe de Hoc - Ronald Reagan, (6 June 1984)
- Testimony before the U.S. Congress on Constructive Engagement - Bishop Desmond Tutu, (4 December 1984)
- Challenger Disaster - Ronald Reagan, (28 January 1986)
- Tear Down This Wall - Ronald Reagan, (12 June 1987)
- Address to the 43rd U.N. General Assembly Session - Mikhail Gorbachev, (7 December 1988)
1990s
- Nelson Mandela's address on his release from prison - Nelson Mandela, (11 February 1990)
- Toward a New World Order - George H. W. Bush, (11 September 1990)
- Presidential Radio Address - 17 November 1990, (17 November 1990)
- Chicken Kiev - George H.W. Bush, (1 August 1991)
- At the 1992 Republican Convention - Ronald Reagan, (17 August 1992)
- Remarks at McNair Barracks. Berlin, Germany - Bill Clinton, (12 July 1994)
- Speech Following the Oklahoma City Bombings - Bill Clinton, (1995)
- Trial Speech of Ken Saro-Wiwa - Ken Saro-Wiwa, (November 1995)
- Clinton Lewinsky Apology - Bill Clinton, (17 August 1998)
2000s
2000
- Remarks at the National Head Start Association's 10th Annual Luncheon - Christopher Dodd, (28 April 2000)
2001
- Farewell Address - Bill Clinton, (18 January 2001)
- Colin L. Powell's statement at press briefing on new U.S. humanitarian assistance for Afghanistan - Colin L. Powell, (17 May 2001)
- September 14, 2001 speech - George W. Bush, (14 September 2001)
- September 11, 2001: Attack on America - George W. Bush, (20 September 2001)
2002
- Clear Skies and Global Climate Change Initiatives - George W. Bush, (14 February 2002)
- Iraq Speech - Barack Obama, (26 October 2002)
2003
- "Arkansas Governor's Address of January 14, 2003" - Mike Huckabee, (14 January 2003)
- Columbia Space Shuttle Tragedy Speech - George W. Bush, (1 February 2003)
- French address on Iraq at the UN Security Council - Dominique de Villepin, Minister of Foreign Affairs, (14 February 2003)
- Mission Accomplished - George W. Bush, (1 May 2003)
- Neo-CONNED - Ron Paul, (10 July 2003)
- Toward Enlightened Nationalism - Joe Biden, (28 October 2003)
- Congressman Tom Lantos' Remarks on the 25th Anniversary of the Tragedy at Jonestown and the Death of Congressman Leo Ryan - Congressman Tom Lantos, (17 November, 2003)
- L. Paul Bremer announces the capture of Saddam Hussein, (14 December, 2003)
2004
- "California Governor's Address of January 06, 2004" - Arnold Schwarzenegger (6 January 2004)
- "New Mexico Governor's Address of January 20, 2004", - Bill Richardson (20 January 2004)
- A Constitutional Amendment Protecting Marriage - George W. Bush, (14 February 2004)
- Address to the People's Congress of Libya - Joe Biden, (3 March 2004)
- Remarks to the North Carolina Bankers Assembly - Elizabeth Dole, (29 March 2004)
- Atal Bihari Vajpayee's Post Election Speech - Atal Bihari Vajpayee, (13 May 2004)
- We Will Not Fail - George W. Bush, (24 May 2004)
- Remarks Onboard the USS North Carolina - Elizabeth Dole, (25 May 2004)
- Address by Hamid Karzai to Joint Session of Congress - Hamid Karzai, (15 June 2004)
- '"Eulogy for Ronald Reagan" - George W. Bush, (11 July 2004)
- Microsoft Research DRM talk - Cory Doctorow, (17 June 2004)
- Senator Edward M. Kennedy floor remarks on Iraq - Edward Kennedy, (27 September 2004)
2005
- The Purpose of American Power - Joe Biden, (12 April 2005)
- Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum - George W. Bush, (19 April 2005)
- Biodiesel and Alternative Fuel Sources - George W. Bush, (16 May 2005)
- A New Compact for Iraq - Joe Biden, (21 June 2005)
- America's Purpose: Leadership for a New Security Consensus - Joe Biden, (6 September 2005)
- Securing Our Energy Future - Barack Obama, (15 September 2005)
- Winning the War in Iraq - John McCain, (10 November 2005)
- Turning the Corner in Iraq - Joe Biden, (11 November 2005)
- Moving Forward In Iraq - Barack Obama, (22 November 2005)
- Chávez visits "Fountain of Dreams" Self-Development Centre, (24 December 2005)
2006
- Remarks at University Presidents Summit on International Education - George W. Bush, (5 January 2006)
- Democracy in Belarus - John McCain, (3 February 2006)
- Energy Security is National Security - Barack Obama, (28 February 2006)
- Speech to the National Defense University - Richard Lugar, (23 March 2006)
- On Liberal Democracy - Condoleezza Rice, (31 March 2006)
- Energy Independence and the Safety of our Planet - Barack Obama, (6 April 2006)
- Remarks on the American Competitiveness Initiative - George W. Bush, (18 April 2006)
- U.S. Energy Policy Discussion - George W. Bush, (25 April 2006)
- Speech at Atlantic Council Gala - John Warner, (26 April 2006)
- Free Software and Free Media - Eben Moglen, (3 May 2006)
- Address on Comprehensive Immigration Reform - George W. Bush, (15 May 2006)
- Power and Global Leadership - Mark Malloch Brown, (6 June 2006)
- Remarks on Taking Back America - Barack Obama, (14 June 2006)
- Campus Progress Annual Conference - Barack Obama, (12 July 2006)
- Document Licenses and the Future of Free Culture - Eben Moglen, (4 August, 2006)
- An Honest Government, A Hopeful Future - Barack Obama, (28 August 2006)
- A Way Forward in Iraq - Barack Obama, (20 November 2006)
2007
- George W. Bush's Eulogy for Gerald Ford - George W. Bush, (2 January 2007)
- The Time Has Come for Universal Health Care - Barack Obama, (2 January 2007)
- Remarks of Senator Barack Obama to the California State Democratic Convention - Barack Obama, (2 May 2007)
- Speech of Senator Robert Byrd following the Indictment of Michael Vick on Dog-fighting Charges - Robert Byrd, (19 July 2007)
2009
- Barack Obama's speech announcing the goal of Total Nuclear Disarmament, (5 February 2009)
2010s
2015
- 2015-09-16 White House Press Briefing on student Ahmed Mohamed, (16 September 2015)
- 2015 September 16 US Congressman Mike Honda on student Ahmed Mohamed, (16 September 2015)
- Danielle Citron speaks at WikiConference USA 2015, (11 October 2015)