Barack Obama Audio Downloads

Our friends at AmericanRhetoric.com have compiled the web's most complete listing of Obama's speeches on audio & video.

A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making - from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy

In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black American....

The rising democratic star and "New York Times" bestselling author of "Dreams From My Father" invokes the hopes and ideals that have made "our improbably experiment in democracy" work and proclaims his vision for more authentic politics.

Listen to President Barack Obama's Inaugural Address which he delivered today, January 20, 2009. In this speech President Obama sets forth the challenges that America faces and his confidence in the American people to rise to meet these challenges.

"Tonight is a particular honor for me because, let’s face it, my presence on this stage is pretty unlikely..."

"We the people, in order to form a more perfect union." Two hundred and twenty one years ago, in a hall that still stands across the street, a group of men gathered and, with these simple words, launched America's improbable experiment in democracy.

"So let’s dream. Instead of doing nothing or simply defending 20th century solutions, let’s imagine together what we could do to give every American a fighting chance in the 21st century."

President Barack Obama delivered his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress. In the address focused primarily on the struggling economy and creating jobs.

In this tender, beautiful letter to his daughters, President Barack Obama has written a moving tribute to thirteen groundbreaking Americans and the ideals that have shaped our nation.