British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain gave this speech to the House of Commons on September 1, 1939, just hours after Hitler's troops had inv...
President Jimmy CarterIn December of 1977, President Jimmy Carter attended a Washington fund-raiser to benefit the Hubert Humphrey Institute located a...
On August 2, 1990, Iraqi tanks and soldiers crossed the border into neighboring Kuwait and seized the tiny, oil rich nation. Iraqi troops then began t...
In the 1800s, women in the United States had few legal rights and did not have the right to vote. This speech was given by Susan B. Anthony after her ...
Hello lesbian and gay Americans. I am proud to stand before you as a lesbian today. With hearts full of love and the abiding faith in justice, we have...
"Thank you everybody. Thank you Tom, and Bob and Dolores, who are home watching I hope, thank you so much, and to everyone who voted for me. Ther...
Well, children, where there is so much racket there must be something out of kilter. I think that 'twixt the negroes of the South and the women at...
In considering the question of suffrage, there are two starting points: one, that this right is a gift of society, in which certain men, having inheri...
It has been a great pleasure to be here this evening and to hear all the things that have been said about libraries in the district and in general, an...
We are in Seattle arguing for a world trade system that puts basic human rights and the environment at its core. We have the most powerful corporation...