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Listed below are some of the most famous and influential speeches made in American History.  Each document's source is cited at the footer of the page.

• Resource: Speech Archives from the History Channel
• George Washington's Farewell Address (1796)
• Daniel Webster's Constitution and Union Speech to Senate (1850)
• Abraham Lincoln: A House Divided (1858)
• Abraham Lincoln: Gettysburg Address (1863)
• Abraham Lincoln: Second Inaugural Address (1865)
• William Jennings Bryan: Cross of Gold (1896)

   

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Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.
James Madison (1798)