Search the Political Rhetoric Archive

PRA is a searchable collection of speeches, newsprint editorials, letters, government documents, and fragments of speech/text primarily arranged by historical event.

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"A Time for Choosing" Speech by Ronald Reagan.

1978 Speech by Newt Gingrich to the College Republicans.

First Inaugural Address by Ronald Reagan

Second Inaugural Address by Richard Milhous Nixon

A House Divided by Abraham Lincoln

Address at Cooper Institute by Abraham Lincoln

Address at Sanitary Fair by Abraham Lincoln

Dr. John David Lewis' Speech at the Charlotte Tea Party

Farewell Address by Abraham Lincoln

Farewell Address by Jefferson Davis

First Inaugural Address by Dwight D. Eisenhower

First Inaugural Address by George W. Bush

First Inaugural Address by George Washington

First Inaugural Address by Grover Cleveland

First Inaugural Address by James Monroe

First Inaugural Address by Jefferson Davis (Confederate States of America)

First Inaugural Address by President Barack Obama

First Inaugural Address by Richard Milhous Nixon

First Inaugural Address by Thomas Jefferson

First Inaugural Address by Ulysses S. Grant.