State of the Union Address 1995; 81 minutes “The American people certainly voted for change in 1992 and in 1994 . . . we didn’t hear America singing, we heard America shouting.”
Gettysburg Address 1863; 2 minutes “Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty . . .”
Inaugural Address 1961; 14 minutes “Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.”
Checkers Speech 1952; 30 minutes “It was a little cocker spaniel dog . . . and you know the kids love the dog and I just want to say . . . we’re gonna keep it.”
United Nations Speech 1960 4 hrs., 29 mins. “Gentlemen. Although it has been said of us that we speak at great length, you may rest assured we shall endeavor to be brief.”
70th Anniv. of Russian Revolution, 1987; 2 hrs., 41 mins. “In short, the party’s leading nucleus, headed by Joseph Stalin, had safeguarded Leninism in an ideological struggle.”
