1.George Washington's First Inaugural Address in New York City(April 30,1789) 1
2.George Washington's Farewell Address(September 17,1796) 8
3.Monroe Doctrine(December 2,1823) 33
4.Abraham Lincoln's Inaugural Address(March 4,1861) 38
5.The Gettysburg Address(November 19,1863) 53
6.Woodrow Wilson's Declaration of Neutrality Delivered before the U.S.Senate(Excerpts)(August 19,1914) 55
7.Woodrow Wilson's Speech to Congress Appealing War on Germany(April 2,1917) 58
8.President Wilson's Fourteen Points(January 8,1918) 69
9.Franklin D.Roosevelt's Fireside Chat(September 3,1939) 80
10.Franklin D.Roosevelt's Pearl Harbor Speech to the Congress of the United States(December 8,1941) 86
11.Franklin Roosevelt's Radio Address at a Dinner of the Foreign Policy Association(October 21,1944) 90
12.Statement by President Harry Truman:United States Policy toward China(December 15,1945) 108
13.Stalin's Speech at the Stalin Electoral District in Moscow(February 9,1946) 114
14.Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech(Excerpts)(March 5,1946) 135
15.The Truman Doctrine(March 12,1947) 154
16."The Requirements of Reconstruction"Delivered by Undersecretary Dean Acheson(May 8,1947) 165
17.George C.Marshall's Harvard Address(June 5,1947) 178
18.Point Four Program(January 20,1949) 185
19.Dwight D.Eisenhower's"The Chance for Peace"(April 16,1953) 196
20.John F.Kennedy's Speech Announcing the Quarantine against Cuba(October 22,1962) 210
21.John F.Kennedy's Berlin Wall Address(June 26,1963) 221
22.Richard Nixon's Remarks in Kansas City,Missouri(Excerpts)(July 6,1971) 225
23.George H.Bush's Address on Attack on Iraq(January 16,1991) 234
24.George W.Bush's Address on Terrorist Attacks(September 11,2001) 242