The Best Speeches of
BARACK OBAMA

Most Recent Speeches are Listed First

• Election Night Victory / Presidential Acceptance Speech - Nov 4 2008

•Democratic Nominee Acceptance Speech
2008 National Democratic Convention

• Final Primary Night:
Presumptive Nominee Speech

• North Carolina Primary Night

• Pennsylvania Primary Night

• AP Annual Luncheon

• A More Perfect Union
“The Race Speech”

• Texas and Ohio Primary Night

• Potomac Primary Night

• Super Tuesday

• Iowa Caucus Night

• California Democratic Convention - April 28, 2007

• Announcement For President - Feb 10 2007

Floor Statement on Iraq War De-escalation Act of 2007

The Time Has Come for Universal Health Care

Floor Statement on President's Decision to Increase Troops in Iraq

Race Against Time - World AIDS Day Speech

A Way Forward in Iraq

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial Groundbreaking Ceremony

Military Commission Legislation

Floor Statement on the Habeas Corpus Amendment

Energy Independence: A Call for Leadership

An Honest Government, A Hopeful Future

Xavier University Commencement Address

AFSCME National Convention

Vote against the Gulf of Mexico Energy Bill

Support of H.R. 9, the Voting Rights Act

Statement of Support for Stem Cell Research

Campus Progress Annual Conference

“Call to Renewal” Keynote Address

Northwestern University Commencement Address

Katrina Reconstruction

Take Back America

Network Neutrality

Federal Marriage Amendment

University of Massachusetts at Boston Commencement Address

General Michael Hayden Nomination

Opposition to the Amendment Requiring a Photo ID to Vote

Employment Verification Amendment for the Immigration Bill

Southern Illinois University School of Medicine Commencement Address

Honoring Our Commitment to Veterans

EMILY's List Annual Luncheon

A Real Solution for High Gas Prices

Immigration Rallies

Amendment to Stop No-Bid Contracts for Gulf Coast Recovery and Reconstruction

Updates on Darfur, Immigration, Gas Prices

Immigration Reform

Energy Independence and the Safety of Our Planet

Immigration Reform

Improving Chemical Plant Security

21st Century Schools for a 21st Century Economy

Meals Amendment

Debate on Lobbying and Ethics Reform

Energy Security is National Security - Governor's Ethanol Coalition

Floor Statement S.2271 - PATRIOT Act Reauthorization

Darfur: Current Policy Not Enough

Foreign Relations Committee regarding Lugar-Obama legislation S.1949

Hurricane Katrina Child Assistance Amendment

Supreme Court Nomination of Samuel Alito - Podcast

Confirmation of Judge Samuel Alito, Jr. - Speech

Lobbying Reform Summit National Press Club

Meeting on Iraq with President Bush

Remarks: Honest Leadership and Open Government

From the Road: Israel and the Palestinian territories

From the Road: Speaking with American Troops in Iraq

The PATRIOT Act

Moving Forward in Iraq - Chicago Council on Foreign Relations

Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award Ceremony

National Women's Law Center

"Sex on TV 4" Report

Non-Proliferation and Russia: The Challenges Ahead

Chicago White Sox

Death of Rosa Parks

Teaching Our Kids in a 21st Century Economy

Confirmation of Judge John Roberts

Resources for the Future

Statement on Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts

AFL-CIO National Convention

Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill and the Avian Flu

American Legion Conference

Literacy and Education in a 21st-Century Economy

Pritzker School of Medicine Commencement

Nomination of Justice Janice Rogers Brown

Knox College Commencement

Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery

America’s Nuclear Non-Proliferation Policy Remarks

Rockford Register Star Young American Awards

NAACP Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner

National Press Club

SIUC College of Agriculture's 50th Anniversary

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

Amendment for Meals/Phone Service to Wounded Veterans

The Nuclear Option

Confirmation Hearing of John Bolton

Herblock Foundation Annual Lecture

American Legion Legislative Rally

CURE Keynote Address

Remarks of TechNet

S256, the Bankruptcy Abuse & Prevention Act of 2005

John Lewis's 65th Birthday Gala

Keynote Address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention

2002 Speech Against the Iraq War

Barack Obama Speeches
OUR PAST, OUR FUTURE &
OBAMA'S VISION FOR AMERICA

• Announcement For President, Springfield Illinois (2/10/07)

• An Honest Government, A Hopeful Future (8/28/06)

• Campus Progress Annual Conference (7/12/06)

• “Call to Renewal” Keynote Address (6/28/06)

• Take Back America (6/14/06)

• Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery (5/30/05)

• Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum (4/20/05)

• Keynote Address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention (7/27/04)

Inspire a Nation:
Barack Obama's Most Electrifying
Speeches of the 2008 Primary
(Includes Obama's Acceptance Speech
at the 2008 Democratic Convention)

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FUN FACTS ABOUT WHAT'S-HIS-NAME
You can only imagine how many different ways people type the name Barack Obama. Here is a sampling for his first name: Barac, Barach, Baracks, Barak, Baraka, Barrack, Barrak, Berack, Borack, Borak, Brack, Brach, Brock even, Rocco. There are just as many for his last name: Abama, Bama, Bamma, Obma, Obamas, Obamma, Obana, Obamo, Obbama, Oboma, Obomba, Obombma, Obomha, Oblama, Omaba, Oblamma and (ready for this?) Ohama. And of course there's Barack Obama's middle name, Hussein. Here are some of the ways it comes out: Hissein, Hussain, Husein, Hussin, Hussane and Hussien.