President Carter delivers a speech calling for a unification of religious belief with political and public action. He states, 'you can't divorce religious beliefs from public service.'

President Eisenhower delivers a speech that, though it first seems to be about religion, is really about the fight against communism. He calls the American political system a 'translation...of a deeply-felt religious faith.' Besides communism in southeast Asia, Eisenhower goes on to discuss nuclear weapons.

This recording contains two short speeches of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. In the first speech, 'Remarks Recorded for the American Legion 'Back to God' Program,' Eisenhower thanks people for their prayers and states that 'the lowliest amongst us as well as...the mightiest and the highest' possess God-given rights. He goes on to mention the four chaplains who sacrificed themselves on the Dorchester February 3, 1943 as well as those now serving in the Korean War. In the second speech, 'Remarks Recorded for the Opening of the Red Cross Campaign,' Eisenhower calls on Americans to donate money as well as blood.

Eisenhower delivers a brief speech in which he states that the US government is founded on 'a translation in the political field of a deeply-felt religious faith.' He also praises the Council's emphasis on cooperation.

Russel Conwell's Speech, "Acres of Diamonds".

Pope Leo XIII Sings "Ave Maria".

Weinberger speaks on the morality of nuclear weapons at Fordham University just prior to the U.S. Catholic bishops' release of their draft letters on war and peace.

Edwin Meese speaks to the 72nd National Commission Meeting of the Anti-defamation League of the B'nai B'rith at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City.

John Kennedy's speech to Protestant ministers in Houston as a Catholic running for the U.S. Presidency.

Rabbi Stephen Wise urges the United States to participate and uphold the policies of Woodrow Wilson.

Dorothy Day gives a talk that touches on a variety of topics, all loosely related to survival. She begins by discussing the nature of mobs, including Eugene V. Debs feelings on them (‘even the most friendly mob smells of the beast’). Day goes on to discuss her feelings on mass demonstrations—she doesn’t like them very much, but she feels that they are a good opportunity for young people to test their survival skills. She also discusses agriculture and farming; mass evacuations; World War II and the poor; the decline of white people; the rise of Blacks, Mexicans, and Puerto Ricans; her experiences with stealing; and her childhood shame of her family’s poverty.

Billy Graham talks about the Korean War. He says 'I went as a boy and came back as a man.' He goes on to express his hopes for the future.

President Johnson makes a brief statement touching on Kennedy's assassination. Billy Graham talks briefly about the moral condition of the country.

Richard Nixon with Billy Graham at a "Billy Graham Rally."

An image depicting the cover of "Acres of Diamonds", a story told by Russell Conwell in over 6,000 lectures across the country to raise money for Temple University.

A photograph of Jerry Falwell speaking in the Harvard Law School Forum.