Welcome to this site which features videos of well-known speeches alongside transcripts of the speeches. The site is for people who:
- enjoy listening to speeches
- want inspiration or ideas
- learn English and want to see exact transcripts
- want to know more about our recent history,
- are addicted to Youtube
- want an easy place to find out if someone really said something!
Let’s start!
- Mary Schmich: Wear Sunscreen (1997)
- Barack Obama: Democratic Convention speech, September 2012
- Corazon Aquino: Address to Joint Session of US Congress, September 1986
- Barack Obama: Inaugural speech, January 2009
- Barack Obama: Death of Osama Bin Laden: May 2011
- Hugh Gallagher: College Application Essay
- Benjamin Carson, National Prayer Breakfast, 2013
- Ratatouille (2007): The Critic’s Job
- Sidney Poitier: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967)
- Mitt Romney, April 24, 2012: Campaign Speech: A better America begins tonight