#speeches

"Barack Obama’s inaugural address is proving to be more powerful in the reading than it was in the hearing. "

"Text of President Barack Obama's inaugural address on Tuesday, as prepared for delivery and released by the Presidential Inaugural Committee."

"The following is the transcript of Senator Barack Obama's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, as recorded by CQ Transcriptions."

"We simply cannot pretend, as Senator McCain does, that we can drill our way out of this problem. We need a much bolder and much bigger set of solutions. We have to make a serious, nationwide commitment to developing new sources of energy and we have to do it right away. "

"It is possible that we will have a President who not only will speak in full, complete sentences, but who will do so in a manner that is eloquent, and who will also be articulate and eloquent in delivering words he is intelligent enough to know, understa

"...I should put my detractors on notice, they might just compel me out of the rocking chair and back into the anchor chair."

"Turns out there is no magic inside, and that by opening it you make the magic happen; this is sometimes more interesting than the box itself."