Address Quote by Steve Rushin

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

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

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

“At the supreme moment of victory they cheered their Father Abraham, the man who, after a shaky start in office, learned how to command…

— James L. Swanson

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

— Anne Applebaum

At an unprecedented time with the worst attack ever on our soil, our President displayed extraordinary determination, leadership and resolve when history was thrust…

— Olympia Snowe

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

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

Today is the anniversary of the Gettysburg Address. President Lincoln wrote it on his way to the site of the speech on the back…

— David Letterman

State of the Union addresses are supposed to be a high mark of sorts for a president. The president has the nation's attention as…

— Harry Enten

I am humbled, gratified and overjoyed at the dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial in commemoration of my father's leadership. It…

— Martin Luther King III