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My fellow Americans, the most important speeches of America's presidents, from George Washington to Barack Obama, [compiled by] Michael Waldman ; foreword by David Gergen ; CDs narrated by George Stephanopoulos

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Includes bibliographical references (p.347-360)

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My fellow Americans

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[compiled by] Michael Waldman ; foreword by David Gergen ; CDs narrated by George Stephanopoulos

the most important speeches of America's presidents, from George Washington to Barack Obama

Presents the texts of forty-five speeches from American presidents, along with an audio disc of recordings of some of the speeches

George Washington. "The American experiment" : first inaugural address -- "These counsels of an old and affectionate friend" : farewell address. Thomas Jefferson. "We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists" : first inaugural address. Andrew Jackson. "The rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes" : veto of the Bank of the United States -- "Disunion by armed force is treason" : Proclamation on Nullification. Abraham Lincoln. "A house divided against itself cannot stand" : address to the State Republican Convention -- "The better angels of our nature" : first inaugural address -- "A new birth of freedom" : Gettysburg address -- "With malice toward none" : second inaugural. Theodore Roosevelt. "The man with the muck-rake" : dedication of the House Office Building -- "The new nationalism" : speech at Osawatomie, Kansas. Woodrow Wilson. "The world must be made safe for democracy" : request for declaration of war on Germany -- "Fourteen points" : address to Congress on peace terms. Franklin Delano Roosevelt. "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself" : first Inaugural Address -- "A rendezvous with destiny" : acceptance speech for renomination -- "Four freedoms" : 1941 annual message to Congress -- "A date which will live in infamy" : request for declaration of war against Japan -- "Our sons, pride of our nation : D-Day prayer. Harry S. Truman. "The Truman Doctrine" : address to congress on Greece and Turkey -- "Do nothing Congress" : Whistle-stop speech. Dwight D. Eisenhower. "Atoms for peace" : address before the UN General Assembly -- "Military-industrial complex" : Farewell address. John F. Kennedy. "Ask not what your country can do for you" : inaugural addressJohn F. Kennedy. "Missiles in Cuba" : address to the nation on the Cuban missle crisis -- "Let us reexamine our attitude toward the cold war" : Commencement address, American University ; Speech at the Berlin Wall "Ich bin ein Berliner". Lyndon B. Johnson. "Let us continue" : address to congress after the Kennedy assassination -- "We shall overcome" : address to congress on voting rights -- "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party" : speech on the Vietnam War. Richard M. Nixon. "The great silent majority" : address to the nation on Vietnam -- "We have done some things wrong" : Farewell address to White House staff. Gerald R. Ford. "Our long national nightmare is over" : remarks upon taking the oath of office. Jimmy Carter. "A crisis of confidence" : speech on energy and national goals. Ronald Reagan. "Government is not the solution to our problem ; government is the problem" : first inaugural address -- "Leave Marxism-Leninism on the ash-heap of history" : address to members of the British Parliament -- "Slipped the surly bonds of earth" : address to the nation on the Challenger explosion -- "I cannot escape responsibility" : remarks on the Iran-Contra scandal. George H.W. Bush. "A kinder and gentler nation" : acceptance speech, Republican Convention. Bill Clinton. "What would Martin Luther King Say" : remarks to the Church of God in Christ in Memphis -- "In the face of death, let us honor life" : eulogy for the victims of the Oklahoma City bombing -- "Let that be our gift to the twenty-first century" : State of the Union Address. George W. Bush. "Freedom and fear, justice and cruelty, have always been at war" : address to congress after the attacks of September 11, 2001 -- "The day of your liberation is near" : address on Iraq. Barack Obama. "A more perfect union" : remarks in Philadelphia -- "I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true" : remarks to the House Democratic Caucus