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Speech by Gandhi
by Mohandas Gandhi
Available on: Online Audio
Mohandas Gandhi, recorded in Kinglsey Hall, London 1931, giving a spiritual message to the world.
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Patrick Henry's "Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death" Speech
by Patrick Henry
Available on: Audio Download
On March 23, 1775, Patrick Henry delivered a speech which supported military action against the British. This stirring speech swayed the vote and was most likely the deciding factor in committing Virginia troops to fight the British.
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Uncommon Knowledge: Hitchens and Hanson on World War II
by Peter Robinson
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Victor Davis Hanson and Christopher Hitchens take on the World War II revisionists, focusing first on Patrick J. Buchanan, the author, most recently, of Churchill, Hitler, and the Unnecessary War.
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George Washington
by William Roscoe Thayer
Available on: Audio Download
One of the finer single volume biographies of Washington, Thayer makes ample use of Washington's letters and writings yielding a rich portrait of the man behind the legend.
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Ronald Reagan Speeches
by Ronald Reagan
Available on: Audio Download
Below are complete audio recordings of some of Ronald Reagan's most important speeches.
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Gandhi Audio Library
by Mohandas Gandhi
Available on: Audio Download
Gandhi speeches and recordings provided by the Mahatma Gandhi Research and Media Serivce Archive.
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John F. Kennedy Speeches
by John F. Kennedy
Available on: Audio Download
Below are complete audio recordings of some of John F. Kennedy's most important speeches.
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First Inaugural Address of President George Washington
by George Washington
Available on: Audio Download
In 1789 George Washington was elected unanimously by the Electoral College as the first president of the United States of America. He was inaugurated as president on April 30, 1789 and he delivered the first inaugural address at Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City.
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Mahatma
by Mohandas Gandhi
Available on: Online Video
This is the first complete audio-visual documentary biography of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. All events and principles of Gandhi's life and thought are viewed as integrated parts of his truth-intoxicated life depicting permanent and universal values and not merely as stray events of history.
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Napoleon: Man of the World
by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Available on: Audio Download
Part of a larger series of essays in which Emerson examined various historical figures, "Napoleon: Man of the World" is an invaluable study of one of history's great leaders.
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The Audacity of Hope
by Barack Obama
Available on: Online Video
Senator Barack Obama talks with Bob Herbert about his book, The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream.
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Barack Obama: Presidential Inaugural Address
by Barack Obama
Available on: Audio Download | Online Audio | Online Video
"With eyes fixed on the horizon and God's grace upon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it safely to future generations."
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Quotations of Mahatma Gandhi
by Mohandas Gandhi
Available on: Audio Download
Mohandas Gandhi was one of the most important leaders in freedom fight in India and its struggle for independence from the British Empire.
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Andrew Jackson
by H.W. Brands
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Though a military hero, Andrew Jackson had a checkered reputation.
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Iron Curtain Speech
by Winston Churchill
Available on: Online Audio | Online Video
"I can therefore allow my mind, with the experience of a lifetime, to play over the problems which beset us on the morrow of our absolute victory in arms, and to try to make sure with what strength I have that what has been gained with so much sacrifice and suffering shall be preserved for the future glory and safety of mankind."
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The Farewell Address
by George Washington
Available on: Audio Download
George Washington's last and perhaps greatest missive to America, the address is best known for its warning against entangling foreign alliances and the formation of political parties.
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2000 First Presidential Debate: Gore v. Bush
by George W. Bush
Available on: Audio Download
The first in a series of highly anticipated debates.
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Gandhi's Voice
by Mohandas Gandhi
Available on: Audio Download
A large selection of recorded Gandhi speeches.
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The Federalist #10
by James Madison
Available on: Audio Download
James Madison's first and greatest contribution to the work that would become known as the Federalist Papers. In #10 Madison turns on its head the centuries old maxim that representative government could survive only in small republics.
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9/11 Address to the Nation
by George W. Bush
Available on: Audio Download | Online Audio | Online Video
"A great people has been moved to defend a great nation."
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The Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt
by Hermann Hagedorn
Available on: Audio Download
Well written and admiring biography of Theodore Roosevelt. Hagedorn received the blessing and full cooperation of Roosevelt's family. The result is a richly fascinating portrait filled with charming anecdotes rarely found in presidential biographies.
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Oral History on India's Independence Movement
by Mohandas Gandhi
Available on: Audio Download
Millions of Indians participated in the struggle for independence from the British Empire who witnessed and were part of the large nonviolent movement, led by Mahatma Gandhi.
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Doris Kearns Goodwin on Learning from Past Presidents
by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Available on: Audio Download | Video Download | Online Video
Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin talks about what we can learn from American presidents, including Abraham Lincoln and Lyndon Johnson. Then she shares a moving memory of her own father, and of their shared love of baseball.
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Howard Dean and Richard Perle Foreign Policy Debate
by Howard Dean
Available on: Audio Download
The new chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Howard Dean, and former Pentagon adviser Richard Perle debate foreign policy at Pacific University's "Tom McCall Forum" in Portland, OR.
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Teddy Roosevelt
by Robert Dallek
Available on: Audio Download
In this first lecture in a series touching on how the U.S. Presidency changed during the 20th century, noted historian Robert Dalek begins with his take on Theodore Roosevelt.
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