Dwight D. Eisenhower Speeches on Audio & Video

"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".

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

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

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

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

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

President Dwight Eisenhower spoke to the nation in a farewell address. The address, sometimes referred to as the "Military-Industrial Complex Speech", is considered by some to be one of the most significant speeches of the Eisenhower presidency.