John F. Kennedy Audio Downloads

"We observe today not a victory of party, but a celebration of freedom..."

The Miller Center of Public Affairs features downloadable audio of the speeches by numerous Presidents in the 20th century. They offer over a dozen John F. Kennedy speeches...

On October 22nd, 1962, President John F. Kennedy delivered a nation-wide televised address about the discovery of Soviet missiles in Cuba and the U.S. plan of action during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Watch or listen to Kennedy's speech during one of the major confrontations of the Cold War.

Listen to John F. Kennedy's 1960 Democratic National Convention Acceptance Address delivered on July 15, 1960 at Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles.

"I repeat: our practical choice is not between a tax-cut deficit and a budgetary surplus."

"Your role as university men, whatever your calling, will be to increase each new generation's grasp of its duties."

In this famous address delivered a few months before his assassination, President John F. Kennedy spoke of peace. Delivered at the height of the Cold War, Kennedy expressed his goal for peace that wasn't a "Pax Americana" based on American weapons of war.

"Freedom is indivisible, and when one man is enslaved, all are not free."

"This Nation was founded by men of many nations and backgrounds. It was founded on the principle that all men are created equal..."

"The growth of our science and education will be enriched by new knowledge of our universe and environment..."