Abraham Lincoln ’s Gettysburg Address is one of the most notable presidential addresses in history , but that does n’t mean other U.S. chair have n’t had their sightly plowshare of memorablespeeches . The podcast platform Acast gathered up one such speech from each president sinceJohn F. Kennedythrough Barack Obama , amass audio from some of the most authoritative addresses of the last 50 days .
The first oral communication — JFK ’s maiden address — is only 14 minutes long . Even if you ’ve never tune up into the whole thing , you ’ve probably heard one snippet of it repeated often . The voice communication contains the famed inverted comma , “ My fellow Americans : expect not what your land can do for you — ask what you’re able to do for your state . ”
Most recordings in the collection are inaugural address , but a few renowned speeches midway through presidents ’ term of office made the cut , like the voting right field speech Lyndon B. Johnson delivered to Congress in 1965 and Jimmy Carter ’s 1979 “ Crisis of Confidence ” delivery .
InJohnson ’s speech , he barrack Congress to create the Voting Rights Act of 1965 . That act , which became effective on August 6 of that same year , guaranteed racial minority the right wing to vote and put an goal to southern states ’ invidious voting practices . According tothe National Archives , “ The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was the most significant statutory change in the relationship between the federal and Department of State governments in the area of voting since the Reconstruction period following the Civil War . ”
Carter ’s speech — magnificently also cognize as his“Malaise ” speech , even though that word itself is n’t in his savoir-faire — addressed the nation ’s low-spirited team spirit after the 1970s energy crisis and ensuing ceding back . Before give the speech , Carter had crawfish to Camp David , where he sought advice from a whole spectrum of people . His address garner him a brief popularity rise .
Take a listen to some of the thing our preceding leaders have had to say to the country . All 10 can be foundhere . And if that ’s too modern , there are some audio files available of presidential speech from the early twentieth centuryhere .
A rendering of this account earlier ran in 2017 ; it has been updated for 2024 .
