The Farmer And The Republican Party - William Howard Taft
Address To The American Indians - Pres. Woodrow Wilson
Address To The Boys' Progressive League - Former Pres. Theodore Roosevelt
Inaugural Address, 1933 - Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Inaugural Address, 1937 - Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Election Eve Campaign Speech - Gov. Thomas E. Dewey
Inaugural Address - Pres. Harry S Truman
"Checkers" Speech - Sen. Richard M. Nixon
Presidential Campaign Address - Gov. Adlai Stevenson
Republican Convention Address - Dwight D. Eisenhower
Presidential Debate - Sen. John F. Kennedy & V.P. Richard M. Nixon
Presidential Campaign Address - Sen. Barry Goldwater
Address To The Nation - Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson
Presidential Campaign Address - Sen. Robert F. Kennedy
Inaugural Address - Pres. Richard M. Nixon
Resignation Address - V.P. Spiro Agnew
Resignation Address - Pres. Richard M. Nixon
Democratic Convention Acceptance Speech - Gov. Jimmy Carter
Inaugural Address - Pres. Ronald Reagan
Keynote Address For The Democratic Convention - Gov. Mario Cuomo
Address To The Democratic Convention - Rev. Jesse Jackson
First Recorded Promotional Message On The Edison Phonograph - Len Spencer
The German Peril - Former U.S. Amb. To Germany James Gerard Watson
Address From France - Gen. J.J. "Black Jack" Pershing
On Lindberg's Return To The United States - Pres. Calvin Coolidge & Charles Lindberg
Abdication Address - King Edward VIII
On His Return From The Munich Conference - P.M. Neville Chamberlain
On The Occasion Of Germany's Occupation Of The Sudetenland In Czechoslovakia - Chancellor Adolf Hitler
Declaration Of War With Germany - P.M. Neville Chamberlain
First Radio Address As Prime Minister - P.M. Winston Churchill
Declaration Of War Against Japan - Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt
The First Atomic Bomb Attack On Japan - Pres. Harry S Truman
Address To Congress - Gen. Douglas MacArthur
On The Fall Of Dien Bien Phu - Sec. Of State John Foster Dulles
Announcement Of The Launching Of Sputnik - Radio Moscow
The Cuban Missile Crisis - Pres. John F. Kennedy
Confrontation Over The Presence Of Russian Missilies In Cuba - U.S. Amb. to The U.N. Adlai Stevenson
On Signing The Civil Rights Bill - Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson
Eulogy For Robert F. Kennedy - Sen. Edward Kennedy
The End Of The Vietnam War - Pres. Richard M. Nixon
On Commencement Of The Bombing Of Iraq - Pres. George Bush
The Ideal Republic - William Jennings Bryan
On The Future Of Women In Flying - Amelia Earhart
Farewell To Baseball - Lou Gehrig
Address To The Nation On The R.A.F. - P.M. Winston Churchill
Greetings To The Children Of England - Princess Elizabeth & Princess Margaret
Farewell To Baseball - Babe Ruth
Address To Congress - Casey Stengel
Farewell Address - Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Inaugural Address - Pres. John F. Kennedy
The First American In Earth Orbit - Lt. Col. John Glenn
Address To Civil Rights Marchers in Washington, D.C. - Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Christmas Greetings From Space - Astronaut Frank Borman
The Moon Landing - Astronaut Neil Armstrong
Address To Congress - Hank Aaron
Address To The Nation On The Berlin Wall - Pres. Ronald Reagan
Address On U.S. Neutrality - Charles A. Lindbergh
Address To The Chicago Irish Fellowship Club - Sen. Joseph McCarthy
The Kitchen Debate - V.P. Richard M. Nixon & Premier Nikita Khrushchev
Farewell To Fans (The Payola Scandal) - Alan Freed
Concession Speech - Richard M. Nixon
On Black Power - Malcolm X
Address To The Yippie Convention - Jerry Rubin
Press Conference On The Riots At The Democratic Convention - Mayor Richard Daley
Address On The Vietnam War Protests - V.P. Spiro Agnew
Address To The Women Of America - Gloria Steinem
On Releasing The Watergate Tapes - Pres. Richard M. Nixon
Testimony At The Iran-Contra Hearings - Lt. Col. Oliver North
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I hate giving presentations!
你有没有听过同学这样说？ 又或者你自己有没有这样说过、想过？如果有，那便证明你很正常，因为很多人也有同样的想法，甚至连一本书也以 I hate giving presentations!(PN4121 .O92 1997)为名 。
大多数人都不喜欢作公眾演说，因为在眾目睽睽下说话往往令人不安或紧张。在《煽动性演讲》(PN4129.C6 C55 1995) 一书内有这样的一个故事：一位演说家应邀到美国三藩市的一所金融机构演讲，向八十位分公司经理讲述如何消除演讲紧张。他在登台前上厕所，一位女士瞄了一下他胸前「演说贵宾」的名牌，问他：「先生，您是不是很紧张？」「哪里，我有十年的演说经验。」他笑著回答。 这位女士说：「那您为什么进到女厕来？」
其实紧张并不是问题，只要你好好的面对它，再加点心思和创意，紧张的情绪说不定能成为灵感的泉源。有一次我获邀在朋友的婚礼中担任司仪，在婚礼前的晚上，我梦见自己走上教堂的讲坛，在讲坛上，我赫然发现身上所穿的并非礼服，而是一套黄色的睡衣，於是我从梦中惊醒，看见身上所穿的正是梦中的那套「黄色礼服」。第二天婚礼开始时，这个由紧张而起的梦变成了我的开场白。我那一点点的紧张亦随著宾客的笑声一扫而空。
除了要克服紧张的情绪之外，精彩的演说还需要很高的表达技巧，例如说话上次序的铺排就十分重要。《把话说到心窝里》(PN4129.C6 L58 2000)的作者刘墉举了一个例子来阐述这一点──有一个人，看来很倒霉，他有四个孩子，但是早死了三个，他二十一岁的时候经商失败；二十二岁竞选州议员又失败；二十六岁失恋，差点死掉；二十七岁那年精神崩溃；三十四岁，他竞选眾议员失败，再选，也失败。四十五岁改选参议员，还是败北。直到五十二岁，参加总统选举才终於成功了。他成为美国的第十六任总统，他是谁？他是亚伯拉罕‧林肯！
这段话很有吸引力！它的吸引力在哪里？在於它一步一步释放资料，让你猜、让你想，最后词锋一转揭示「谜底」。同样一个故事，叙述的方式不同，效果却是天渊之别。譬如一开始便说了要介绍的人物：「有一个人叫亚伯拉罕‧林肯，他看来很倒霉...」，要是这样的话便变得索然无味了。
至於演讲内容方面，必须先了解听眾的背景、教育程度、兴趣与需要，按著演说的场合与主题来拟定讲题。再多下功夫搜集资料準备演讲内容，加上吸引人继续聆听的开场白和令人难忘的结语，便能写出一份生动有趣的讲稿。Executive's portfolio of model speeches for all occasions(HD30.3 .B66 1991) 一书讲解在不同场合演说的技巧，例如介绍新产品、主持会议、圣诞晚会等，并提供不少出色的演词作为例子。若能找到合适的讲词作为参考，在预备演说时自能事半功倍。
学游泳是不能单靠看书的，必须跳进水裏练习才能学成。公眾演说也是一样，明白了演讲要素后，仍需不断练习。选择适当的练习环境是非常重要的，一个初学游泳的人在深水练习足可致命；同样，在还未训练有素时便毅然在重要场合演讲，若有失误或尷尬场面出现，那次惨痛的经历可能令你一生留下阴影，从此远避公眾演说。谚语有云： "Success breeds success; failure breeds failure."
