Communication Quote by Gerald R. Ford

John F.Kennedy gave probably the greatest inauguration speech ever that first time, but I guarantee you when he first walked out there he was…

— Barack Obama

Trump's first statement as president, his inaugural address, was an unprecedented assault on American democracy and American values.

— Anne Applebaum

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

“At this second appearing to take the oath of the Presidential office there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at…

— Abraham Lincoln

[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

Fellow countrymen: At this second appearing to take the oath of the Presidential office, there is less occasion for an extended address than there…

— Abraham Lincoln

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

President Obama called for a 'we' nation in his Inauguration Address. Art convenes. It is not just inspirational. It is aspirational. It pricks the…

— Anna Deavere Smith

I understand what a normal political speech is. You get up there, tell a few jokes, you have the flags behind you, and you…

— Bernie Sanders

I actually think agendas are more often found in State of the Union speeches than in inaugural speeches.

— Gwen Ifill

Let me even say before I even get inaugurated, during the transition we are going to be having meetings all across the country with…

— Barack Obama

My dear fellow citizens: For forty years you have heard from my predecessors on this day different variations of the same theme: how our…

— Vaclav Havel