Eisenhower's Farewell Address: Compare and Contrast
Eisenhower's Farewell Address: Compare and Contrast
Eisenhower's "Chance for Peace" Speech
When Stalin died in 1953, many in the West, including Eisenhower, understood that there was a window of opportunity to strike a different tone with the new Soviet leadership. After some internal st...
George Washington's Farewell Address
Believe it or not, Washington's Farewell Address wasn't televised like Ike's was; it was distributed to all Americans via Twitter. Just kidding: Washington didn't have a Twitter account because he...
Richard Nixon's Resignation Speech
Boy, talk about contrast.Nixon was Eisenhower's Vice President for both terms, and though he lost the 1960 Presidential Election to JFK, he made a huge political comeback to win in 1968 against Hub...
Khrushchev's Secret Speech
Eisenhower's "Farewell Address" criticized the American establishment in a subtle and indirect way, all the while singing the praises of American ideals and rhapsodizing about the land of the free...
JFK's Inaugural Address
As an aging, bald President Eisenhower stepped down, he passed the baton to the young, handsome, blessed-with-great-hair John F. Kennedy, whose inaugural address still stands as one of the best spe...