George Washington. "The American experiment" : first inaugural address
"These counsels of an old and affectionate friend" : farewell address. Thomas Jefferson. "We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists" : first inaugural address. Andrew Jackson. "The rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes" : veto of the Bank of the United States
"Disunion by armed force is treason" : Proclamation on Nullification. Abraham Lincoln. "A house divided against itself cannot stand" : address to the State Republican Convention
"The better angels of our nature" : first inaugural address
"A new birth of freedom" : Gettysburg address
"With malice toward none" : second inaugural. Theodore Roosevelt. "The man with the muck-rake" : dedication of the House Office Building
"The new nationalism" : speech at Osawatomie, Kansas. Woodrow Wilson. "The world must be made safe for democracy" : request for declaration of war on Germany
"Fourteen points" : address to Congress on peace terms. Franklin Delano Roosevelt. "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself" : first Inaugural Address
"A rendezvous with destiny" : acceptance speech for renomination
"Four freedoms" : 1941 annual message to Congress
"A date which will live in infamy" : request for declaration of war against Japan
"Our sons, pride of our nation : D-Day prayer. Harry S. Truman. "The Truman Doctrine" : address to congress on Greece and Turkey
"Do nothing Congress" : Whistle-stop speech. Dwight D. Eisenhower. "Atoms for peace" : address before the UN General Assembly
"Military-industrial complex" : Farewell address. John F. Kennedy. "Ask not what your country can do for you" : inaugural address.
John F. Kennedy. "Missiles in Cuba" : address to the nation on the Cuban missle crisis
"Let us reexamine our attitude toward the cold war" : Commencement address, American University ; Speech at the Berlin Wall "Ich bin ein Berliner". Lyndon B. Johnson. "Let us continue" : address to congress after the Kennedy assassination
"We shall overcome" : address to congress on voting rights
"I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party" : speech on the Vietnam War. Richard M. Nixon. "The great silent majority" : address to the nation on Vietnam
"We have done some things wrong" : Farewell address to White House staff. Gerald R. Ford. "Our long national nightmare is over" : remarks upon taking the oath of office. Jimmy Carter. "A crisis of confidence" : speech on energy and national goals. Ronald Reagan. "Government is not the solution to our problem ; government is the problem" : first inaugural address
"Leave Marxism-Leninism on the ash-heap of history" : address to members of the British Parliament
"Slipped the surly bonds of earth" : address to the nation on the Challenger explosion
"I cannot escape responsibility" : remarks on the Iran-Contra scandal. George H.W. Bush. "A kinder and gentler nation" : acceptance speech, Republican Convention. Bill Clinton. "What would Martin Luther King Say" : remarks to the Church of God in Christ in Memphis
"In the face of death, let us honor life" : eulogy for the victims of the Oklahoma City bombing
"Let that be our gift to the twenty-first century" : State of the Union Address. George W. Bush. "Freedom and fear, justice and cruelty, have always been at war" : address to congress after the attacks of September 11, 2001
"The day of your liberation is near" : address on Iraq. Barack Obama. "A more perfect union" : remarks in Philadelphia
"I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true" : remarks to the House Democratic Caucus.
