Dwight D. Eisenhower Audio & Video

"The United States knows that peaceful power from atomic energy is no dream of the future."

"You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months."

In his 1957 inauguration speech, Dwight D. Eisenhower addressed the threats and problems posed to the world by "International Communism".

Below are complete audio recordings of some of Dwight D. Eisenhower's most important speeches as President.

President Eisenhower announced to the nation that the federal troops will be used to carry out the court order of desegregation in Little Rock, Arkansas.

"Now this conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience..."

"In the light of this equality, we know that the virtues most cherished by free people -- love of truth, pride of work,..."

Features highlights from several of Eisenhower's most famous speeches.

The easiest thing to do with great power is to abuse it, to use it to excess. This most powerful of the free nations must not permit itself to grow weary of the process of negotiation and adjustment that are fundamental to freedom.

General Eisenhower speaks at an enthusiastic gathering at the Pan Pacific Auditorium in Los Angeles during his successful 1952 bid for the Presidency.