Patriotic speeches and documents

George Washington

Washington prevents the revolt of his officers (March 1783)

Resignation speech to his soldiers (Dec. 23, 1783)

First inaugural address (Apr. 30, 1789)

Second inaugural address (Mar. 4, 1793)

Farewell address (Sept. 17, 1796)

James Madison

Federalist No. 10

Federalist No. 51

Alexander Hamilton

Federalist No. 78

Federalist No. 84

Benjamin Franklin

Constitutional Convention address on prayer (Jun. 28, 1787)

Thomas Paine

Common Sense (Feb. 14, 1776)

Abraham Lincoln

House Divided (Jun. 16, 1858)

Emancipation Proclamation (Jan. 1, 1863)

Gettysburg Address (Nov. 19, 1863)

Second inaugural address (Mar. 4, 1865)

Ronald Reagan

1964 GOP convention speech (Oct. 27, 1964)

1980 GOP acceptance speech (Jul. 17, 1980)

First inaugural address (Jan. 20, 1981)

The evil empire (Mar. 8, 1983)

40th Anniversary of D-Day (Jun. 6, 1984)

Second inaugural address (Jan. 21, 1985)

Challenger (Jan. 28, 1986)

Tear down this wall – Remarks at the Brandenburg Gate, West Berlin, Germany (Jun. 12, 1987)

City on a hill – Farewell Address, Washington, DC (Jan. 11, 1989)

Sen. Barry Goldwater

1964 GOP acceptance speech (Jul. 16, 1964)

House Speaker Newt Gingrich

Contract with America (Jan. 4, 1995)

Ambassador Alan Keyes

Declaration of Independence and the Spirit of American Law (Feb. 21, 1997)

Gen. Douglas MacArthur

Farewell Address to Congress (Apr. 19, 1951)

Rep. David Crockett

Crockett on the power to make charitable donations (c. 1826-1835)

Frederick Douglass

What the black man wants (April 1865)

Frederic Bastiat

The Law (June 1850)

Alexis de Tocqueville

Democracy in America (1831)

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