American Rhetoric is a comprehensive resource for public speeches. Thousands of speeches can be accessed in full text format as well as in audio and video formats when available.

• The Online Speech Bank is an index over 5000 speeches, most with accompanying full text transcripts, audio, or video. The speeches are organized alphabetically.
• The Top 100 Speeches is a ranking of the most significant American political speeches of the 20th century along with full text, audio, and video when available. The list is based on a survey of 137 leading scholars of American public address and compiled by Stephen E. Lucas and Martin J. Medhurst.
• Rhetorical Literacy lists the 50 most important speeches in 21st century America and provides the audio.
• Speeches are also available by topic through other groupings, including Rhetoric of 9-11, Christian Rhetoric, Obama Speeches, and  Movie Speeches.
• Scholarly articles, links, and exercises related to American rhetoric are also available.