The Kitchen Debate
Source: There is no complete record of all of Nixon and Khrushchev’s conversations, and versions vary. The first excerpt below is a transcription from a CSPAN video of the conversation […]
Speech at Chicago, Illinois
My Fellow Citizens: —On yesterday evening, upon the occasion of the reception given to Senator Douglas, I was furnished with a seat very convenient for hearing him, and was otherwise […]
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates 2nd Debate
Mr. Lincoln’s Speech LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: On Saturday last, Judge Douglas and myself first met in public discussion. He spoke one hour, I an hour and a half, and he […]
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates 5th Debate
Mr. Douglas’s Speech LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: Four years ago I appeared before the people of Knox county for the purpose of defending my political action upon the Compromise measures of […]
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates 1st Debate
DOUGLAS’S SPEECH Ladies and gentlemen: I appear before you to-day for the purpose of discussing the leading political topics which now agitate the public mind. By an arrangement between Mr. […]