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From Herbert Hoover through Donald Trump, speeches, press conferences, and campaign addresses are featured from candidates running for various positions: senators and representatives, governors, mayors, state and municipal officeholders, and more. Hear what the candidates promise and pledge to those from whom they hope to gain support. Produced by the Speech Resource Company and fully narrated by Robert Wikstrom.

Speeches given during military conflicts made by world leaders, politicians, protesters, and military leaders. Featured are Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's declaration of war entering Great Britain into World War II, the famous "Infamy" speech given to Congress by President Roosevelt the day after Japan launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, and speeches about the conflicts in Korea, Vietnam, the Bay of Pigs, Lebanon, Grenada, Panama, the Gulf War, and the War on Terror.

Following World War II, through the 1990s, there existed a sense of mutual distrust between the United States and the Soviet Union. The hostile environment included American fears of a Russian plan to control the world and the USSR's resentment over US intervention in foreign countries. The Cold War includes such speeches as JFK's address to the nation on the arms buildup in Cuba and commending West Berliners on their dedication to democracy.

Featured speeches from past political conventions include candidates, presidents, senators and members of Congress, mayors, governors, Hollywood celebrities, and more. This product includes such famous addresses as JFK's acceptance speech, Ronald Reagan's and Ted Kennedy's concession speeches, Mario Cuomo's "Tale of Two Cities", and Clint Eastwood's "Empty Chair", among others. Produced by the Speech Resource Company and fully narrated by Robert Wikstrom.

Every four years on January 20, the President of the United States is sworn into office. Most often following a hard-fought campaign season, the voters determine the number of electoral votes each candidate is awarded and the winner takes the oath of office given by the chief justice of the United States. The Inaugurations is a compilation of every inauguration speech given by the newly sworn-in president, from Franklin Delano Roosevelt through Donald J. Trump.

Following the Supreme Court ruling in 1954 striking down the "separate but equal" doctrine, a decade and a half of civil turbulence existed. Civil rights activists used nonviolent protest and civil disobedience to bring about change. This product tells a part of that historic time with speeches from many of those attempting to achieve racial equality.