There comes a dramatic time in the life of a person, party, organization or nation that cries for the uplift and release of a speech. Someone is called upon to articulate the pride, hope or grief of it all. The speaker becomes the center of attention and the world stops to listen.

That responsibility is often shouldered by our President. Great Presidents not only act as the country's head of state, but also the voice of its people. They help define who we are and what we experience.

Take a fascinating journey through United States history guided by Presidents' words.
 

•  George Washington, First Inaugural Address

•  Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural Address

•  James Madison. Second Inaugural Address

•  John Quincy Adams, Inaugural Address

•  Martin Van Buren, Inaugural Address

•  Franklin Pierce, Inaugural Address

•  Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address

•  James Garfield, Inaugural Address

•  Benjamin Harrison, Inaugural Address

• Theodore Roosevelt, Inaugural Address

• Woodrow Wilson, Second Inaugural Address

•  Franklin D. Roosevelt, First Inaugural Address

•  Franklin D. Roosevelt, Fourth Inaugural Address

•  Dwight D. Eisenhower, Second Inaugural Address

•  Richard M. Nixon, First Inaugural Address

•  Ronald Reagan, First Inaugural Address

•  William J. Clinton, First Inaugural Address

• George W. Bush, Second Inaugural Address

•  George Washington, Second Inaugural Address

•  Thomas Jefferson, Second Inaugural Address

•  James Monroe, First Inaugural Address

•  Andrew Jackson, First Inaugural Address

•  William Henry Harrison, Inaugural Address

•  James Buchanan, Inaugural Address

•  Ulysses Grant, Inaugural Address

•  Grover Cleveland, First Inaugural Address

•  William McKinley, First Inaugural Address

•  William Howard Taft, Inaugural Address

•  Warren G. Harding, Inaugural Address

•  Franklin D. Roosevelt, Second Inaugural Address

•  Harry S. Truman, Inaugural Address

•  John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address

•  Richard M. Nixon, Second Inaugural Address

•  Ronald Reagan, Second Inaugural Address

•  William J. Clinton, Second Inaugural Address

•  John Adams, Inaugural Address

•  James Madison. First Inaugural Address

•  James Monroe, Second Inaugural Address

•  Andrew Jackson, Second Inaugural Address

•  Andrew Polk, Inaugural Address

•  Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural Address

•  Rutherford Hayes, Inaugural Address

•  Grover Cleveland, Second Inaugural Address

•  William McKinley, Second Inaugural Address

•  Woodrow Wilson, First Inaugural Address

•  Calvin Coolidge, Inaugural Address

•  Franklin D. Roosevelt, Third Inaugural Address

•  Dwight D. Eisenhower, First Inaugural Address

•  Lyndon B. Johnson, Inaugural Address

•  Jimmy Carter, Inaugural Address

•  George H. W. Bush,  Inaugural Address

•  George W. Bush, First Inaugural Address