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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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1978 Speech by Newt Gingrich to the College Republicans.

Lincoln-Douglas Debate Two (Freeport); Douglas's Opening Remarks

Lincoln-Douglas Debate One (Ottawa); Douglas Rebuttal

Address at Cooper Institute by Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln-Douglas Debates Six (Quincy); Douglas Opening Remarks

Lincoln-Douglas Debate One (Ottawa); Stephen Douglas Opening Remarks

Lincoln-Douglas Debates Five (Galesburg); Douglas Opening Remarks

Speech at Chicago by Stephen Douglas

Lincoln-Douglas Debates Four (Charleston); Douglas Opening Remarks

Lincoln-Douglas Debates Five (Galesburg); Lincoln Opening Remarks

Lincoln-Douglas Debate Three (Jonesboro); Douglas Opening Remarks

Newt Gingrich Address to the Conservative Political Action Committee.

Lincoln-Douglas Debates Five (Galesburg); Douglas Rebuttal

Lincoln-Douglas Debate Three (Jonesboro); Douglas Rebuttal

On the Irrepressible Conflict by William Henry Seward

Fragment of Speeches by Abraham Lincoln

Inaugural Address of John Quincy Adams

Tim Pawlenty's Speech at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City

Lincoln-Douglas Debates Six (Quincy); Lincoln Opening Remarks

Paul Ryan accepts the Vice-Presidential Nomination at the 2012 RNC.