Representative American speeches, 2016-2017

1. To the graduating class

Commencement speech to the University of Southern California class of 2017 / Will Ferrell

Remarks to the Howard University class of 2017 / Kamala D. Harris

Building collective resistance / Sheryl Sandberg

I see you, I love you / Cory Booker

Address to the Harvard University class of 2017 on success, failure, and entrepreneurship / Mark Zuckerberg

Remarks to the Brooklyn College class of 2017 / Bernie Sanders

Be brave. Take the leap. Do it. Dare it. Courage. / Anna Quindlen

2. Making America great again

Farewell speech / Barack Obama

Inaugural address / Donald Trump

Remarks to US Department of State employees / Rex W. Tillerson

Address to the people of Poland / Donald Trump

Press briefing on US immigration policy / Sarah Sanders and Stephen Miller

3. The year in review

Remarks at the United Nations advocating for action against the Assad regime / Nikki Haley

Racism is evil / Donald Trump

Returning to the Senate after defeating the "skinny" health care bill speech / John McCain

Working together / Chuck Schumer

Removing New Orleans' Confederate monuments / Mitch Landrieu

How Facebook is fighting back against Russia's election interference / Mark Zuckerberg

4. Resistance and persistence 2017

2016 postelection speech / Elizabeth Warren

State of the State Address / Jerry Brown

Do not try to divide us / Gloria Steinem

Climate statement / Mike Bloomberg

History cannot be deleted like web pages / Angela Davis

Bias is the enemy of science / Adam Savage

Flake announces Senate future / Jeff Flake

5. Free speech on campus

Say no to campus thuggery / Ben Shapiro

Statement on truth-seeking, democracy, and freedom of thought and expression / Robert P. George and Cornel West

Free inquiry on campus: a statement of principles / Middlebury College Faculty

The importance of free speech on college campuses / Jeff Sessions

6. DREAMers and DACA

Keep the door open for Dreamers / Joe Kennedy III

We cannot admit everyone / Jeff Sessions

Statement on the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals (DACA) / Barack Obama.