“We are all Republicans; we are all Federalists.” Thomas Jefferson’s first inaugural address, March 4, 1801
“With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.” Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural address, March 4, 1865
“No weak nation that acts manfully and justly should ever have cause to fear us, and no strong power should ever be able to single us out as a subject for insolent aggression.” Theodore Roosevelt’s inaugural address, March 4, 1905
“Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first inaugural address, March 4, 1933
“Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.” John F. Kennedy, Jan. 20, 1961
“There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.” Bill Clinton’s first inaugural address, Jan. 20, 1993
