When Abraham Lincoln was preparing his speech for his second inaugural in 1865, historians think he cut the sentences and ...

This is why another second inaugural address is so extraordinary. Our country was at its lowest point, torn apart by a civil ...

Words matter. Leadership matters. Jefferson and Lincoln, two of America’s greatest presidents, sought unity in a time of deep division. Will Trump follow their path, re-shape his reputation and urge ...

Some of the most memorable lines in American history have come from inaugural addresses, but our greatest presidents did more ...

It is Tuesday. Donald Trump is president now. And of the now 60 inaugural addresses delivered in this country’s history, ...

On the eve of Trump’s second inaugural address, Americans wonder whether he will follow the path of Jefferson and Lincoln ...

No. His “aww shucks,” doddering nature is effective, but Joe Biden’s legacy is not the Restorer of Norms. He is leaving ...

John F. Kennedy inspired Americans with the words, "Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your ...

Biden alluded to bitter political disappointment following his withdrawal from the race, and suggested he intended to stay in ...

Forty years after Washington’s farewell and two decades before the Civil War, President Andrew Jackson offered his own ...

US President Joe Biden urged despondent fellow Democrats not to give up hope as he returned to the warm embrace of South ...

President Donald Trump went big on building himself up as a hero triumphing over evil, and he leaned in on “Manifest Destiny.