| 1775 MAR 23 | Liberty or Death | Patrick Henry |
| 1775 JUL 6 | Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms | Congress of the United Colonies of N. America |
| 1776 JUL 4 | The Declaration of Independence | Thomas Jefferson, Congress |
| 1777 NOV 15 | The Articles of Confederation | Franklin, Dickinson, & the Continental Congress |
| 1787 FEB 21 | The Call for the Federal Constitutional Convention | Continental Congress |
| minutes of the Constitutional Convention | ||
| 1787 SEP17 | The Constitution of the United States of America | Constitutional Convention |
| 1787 OCT - 1788 MAY | The Federalist Papers | Hamilton, Jay, Madison |
| 1791 DEC 15 | The Bill of Rights | |
| Amendments to the US Constitution | Congress | |
| 1796 SEP 17 | Washington's Farwell Address | George Washington |
| 1861 MAR 11 | Confederate States, Constitution of the | |
| 1863 NOV 19 | Gettysburg Address | Abraham Lincoln |
| 1862 SEP 22 | Emancipation Proclamation | Abraham Lincoln |
| 1918 | The American Creed | William Tyler Page |
| 1963 AUG 28 | Free At Last (aka "I Have a Dream") | Martin Luther King jr. |
| Skelton's Comments on the Pledge of Allegiance | Red Skelton | |
| 1994 | Contract with America | Armey, Gingrich, House Republicans |
| 1999 FEB 16 | Winning the Cultural War (Heston's Harvard Speech) | Charlton Heston |