The President's inaugural address reflects the current state of the nation and offers insights into the coming administration. This collection features the voices of twenty Chief Executives, from George Washington's 1789 oration to the 2009 speech by Barack Obama. Highlights include John F. Kennedy's exhortation to "Ask not what your country can do for you," Franklin D. Roosevelt's assertion that "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself," and Abraham Lincoln's wartime vision of "a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations."
An ideal resource for students of political science and American history, this compendium of stirring speeches will inspire readers of every political persuasion.

George Washington

First Inaugural Address

John Adams

Thomas Jefferson

First Inaugural Address

Second Inaugural Address

James Madison

First Inaugural Address

Second Inaugural Address

James Monroe

First Inaugural Address

Second Inaugural Address

Andrew Jackson

First Inaugural Address

Second Inaugural Address

Abraham Lincoln

First Inaugural Address

Second Inaugural Address

Theodore Roosevelt

Woodrow Wilson

First Inaugural Address

Second Inaugural Address

Franklin D. Roosevelt

First Inaugural Address

Second Inaugural Address

Third Inaugural Address

Fourth Inaugural Address

Harry S Truman

Dwight D. Eisenhower

First Inaugural Address

Second Inaugural Address

John F. Kennedy

Lyndon Baines Johnson

Richard Milhous Nixon

First Inaugural Address

Second Inaugural Address

Ronald Reagan

First Inaugural Address

Second Inaugural Address

George H. W. Bush

William Jefferson Clinton

First Inaugural Address

Second Inaugural Address

George W. Bush

First Inaugural Address

Second Inaugural Address

Barack Obama