Bigs Quote by Barack Obama

In the Reagan administration, a great speech was just the first step in a long process. In the Obama administration, it's the only step.

— Kathleen Troia McFarland

I came to political consciousness with John F. Kennedy's magnificent 1961 Inaugural Address. It seemed the start of something fresh and exciting, and it was.

— Joe Klein

To be sure, Kennedy did not discount the importance of words in rallying the nation to meet its foreign and domestic challenges. Winston Churchill's…

— Robert Dallek

I would like to see whoever is our next president dedicate a significant part of their inaugural address to this challenge. We have to…

— Jay Inslee

Actually, you know who gave the shortest inauguration speech in history? George Washington. It was only like three minutes long. Well, sure. George Washington…

— Jay Leno

Twenty minutes into his presidency, Donald Trump, who is always claiming to have made, or to be about to make, astonishing history, had done…

— George Will

I feel it is my first duty to make an unprecedented compact with my countrymen. Not an inaugural address, not a fireside chat, not…

— Gerald R. Ford

“John F Kennedy (President Elect) was at the White house in order to confer with his predecessor Dwight Eisenhower. He was told to wait…

— Michael G. Kramer

Just imagine if in his inaugural address John F. Kennedy had said, 'Ask not what your country can, you know, do for you, but…

— David McCullough

[On President Clinton's address:] It was the worst inaugural address of our lifetime, and I think the only controversy will be between those who…

— Peggy Noonan

I remember someone once asked Jack Kennedy why he was paying such close attention to the renovation of the square across from the White…

— Gloria Steinem

A great presidential address - Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, Truman's Farewell Address, Kennedy's Inaugural Address - has the power to inspire.

— Steve Rushin