"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.

"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.

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

Dwight D. Eisenhower won th Republican party's nomination for president on the first ballot, gathering 845 convention votes and defeating his chief opponent, Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio.

President Eisenhower delivers his last official State of The Union Address.