Presidential documents : the speeches, proclamations, and policies that have shaped the nation from Washington to Clinton

Selected contents include: Washington's proclamations on the Whiskey Insurrection (1794) Thomas Jefferson's recommendation to end the African slave trade (1806) Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation (1863) Andrew Johnson's veto of the Civil Rights Act (1866) Woodrow Wilson's "Fourteen Points" Plan for ending World War I (1917) Herbert Hoover's comments on the Stock Market Crash (1929) Franklin Delano Roosevelt's first "Fireside Chat" (1933) John F. Kennedy's speech at the Berlin Wall (1963) Nixon's Resignation speech-and Gerald Ford's Pardon (1974) Ronald Reagan's announcement of the "Star Wars" missile defense concept (1983) Clinton's denial of his White House affair with Monica Lewinsky (1998) And many more...