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

Wishing you all a very happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Inauguration Day! I thought it would be a good time to find some ...

One function of these addresses is to bring the country together. As one political scientist put it, they brim with 'verbal ...

I hope Donald Trump exudes optimism and hope. I hope that our 47th president will be good-humored in another 'morning in ...

Donald Trump's first inaugural address was the shortest in decades, but was no where near the shortest speech.

President Abraham Lincoln offered a short but seminal vision of the past and promise of the United States in a speech known as the Gettysburg Address. The brief speech—just 272 words arranged ...

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

The Atlas and Argus quotes from a speech said to have been made by Mr. LINCOLN "in September, 1858," the following: "That central idea in our political system at the beginning was, and until ...

No better example exists than Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address (November 19, 1863), widely considered one of the two most consequential speeches in American history (I Have A Dream).

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“It began at Bloomington Illinois — the little county seat with tree-skirted streets on a gentle hill that Lincoln loved; the scene of his celebrated 'Lost Speech,' the home of Jesse W.