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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 1967 speech at the National Conference on New Politics in Chicago. Here, he speaks about what he calls the Triple Evils: War, Racism and Poverty.

The Gettysburg Address is the most famous speech of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and one of the most quoted speeches in United States history.

"Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 -- a date which will live in infamy -- the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan."

Nelson Mandela held his Nobel Lecture on 10 December 1993, in the Oslo City Hall, Norway.

Below are complete audio recordings of some of Harry S. Truman's most important speeches as President.

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling delivers some wise words of wisdom during her Harvard Commencement address in 2008 which she entitled "The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination".

Below are complete audio recordings of some of Lyndon B. Johnson's most important speeches.

"There is sin and evil in the world, and we're enjoined by Scripture and the Lord Jesus to oppose it with all our might."

In his 1989 inaugural address, George H.W. Bush reiterated his "a thousand points of light" theme and spoke of "harnessing the unused talent of the elderly and the unfocused energy of the young".

"There on that small piece of American soil anchored in Tokyo Harbor the Japanese have just officially laid down their arms."