American politics
Ford, Gerald. Debate with Jimmy Carter. The Second Carter-Ford Presidential Debate. 6 Oct. 1976, Palace of the Fine Arts Theater, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Carville, James. Political campaign slogan. 1992.
The War Room. Directed by Chris Hegedus and D. A. Pennebaker. Pennebaker Associates, 1993.
Cronkite, Walter. "We are Mired in Stalemate." CBS Evening News, created by Don Hewitt, CBS News Productions, 27 Feb. 1968.
On being sworn in as President following the Watergate scandal and Richard Nixon's resignation.
Ford, Gerald. Remarks on taking the oath of office. 9 Aug. 1974, East Room, The White House, Washington, DC, USA.
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano. "The Four Freedoms." State of the Union Message to Congress. 6 Jan. 1941, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.
McCarthy, Joseph. "Enemies from Within." Republican's Women's Club meeting. 9 Feb. 1950, Wheeling, WV, USA. Speech.
Eisenhower, Dwight D. Farewell address. 17 Jan. 1961, The White House, Washington, DC, USA. Broadcast.
Rumsfeld, Donald. Department of Defense news briefing. 12 Feb. 2002, Pentagon, Washington, DC, USA.
Trump, Donald. Speech at campaign rally. 23 Jan. 2016, Dordt University, Sioux Center, IA, USA.
On same-sex marriage.
Kennedy, Anthony. United States, Supreme Court. Obergefell v. Hodges. United States Reports, vol. 576, 26 June 2015, no. 14-556, pp. 644-742. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/576/14-556/.
Remark in an address to the Modern Language Association after Richard Nixon's landslide election win in 1972.
Kael, Pauline. Quoted in "Critics Here Focus on Films As Language Conference Opens." Written by Israel Shenker. The New York Times, 28 Dec. 1972. Originally stated in a lecture at the Modern Language Association, Dec. 1972.
To Joseph McCarthy, on June 9th, 1954, defending the US Army against allegations of subversive activities.
Welch, Joseph. Quoted in No Sense of Decency, written by Robert Shogun. Ivan R. Dee, 2009, ch. 10. Originally a speech "Have You No Sense of Decency?" Army-McCarthy Hearings. 9 June 1954, Washington, DC, USA.
1996 State of the Union Address
Clinton, Bill. "State of the Union Address." Joint session of the United States Congress. 23 Jan. 1996, United States Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.
Clinton, Hillary. Remarks at a fundraiser. Campaign fundraising event. 9 Sept. 2016, New York, NY, USA.
Lincoln, Abraham. "Second Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1865, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.
Lincoln, Abraham. "Second Inaugral Address, March 4, 1865." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 2018.
@realDonaldTrump. "I went from VERY successful businessman, to top T.V. Star....." Twitter, 6 Jan. 2018, 7:27a.m., https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/949618475877765120. ...to President of the United States (on my first try). I think that would qualify as not smart, but genius....and a very stable genius at that!" Twitter, 6 Jan. 2018, 7:30 a.m., https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/949619270631256064.
Lincoln, Abraham. "Second Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1865, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.
Lincoln, Abraham. "Second Inaugral Address, March 4, 1865." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 2018.
Clinton, Bill. Response to AIDS activist Bob Rafsky. 26 Mar, 1992. Laura Belle Nightclub, New York, NY, USA.
Obama, Barack. Remarks at campaign appearance. 13 July 2012, Roanoke, VA, USA.