I’m not at all sure what speech is in the TelePrompter tonight - but I hope we can talk about the state of the Union.
President Bill Clinton, State of the Union Address
January 25, 1994
And here we have a serious problem: America is addicted to oil, which is often imported from unstable parts of the world.
President George W. Bush, State of the Union Address
January 31, 2006
In the face of widespread hardship our people have demonstrated daily a magnificent sense of humanity, of individual and community responsibility for the welfare of the less fortunate.
President Herbert Hoover, State of the Union Address
December 6, 1932
And for the first time in our history, a woman sits on the highest court in the land.
President Ronald Reagan, State of the Union Address
January 26, 1982
Source: reagan.utexas.edu
Let each of us put our country ahead of our party, and ahead of our own personal interests.
President Harry S. Truman, State of the Union Address
January 8, 1951
Source: trumanlibrary.org
I propose to use whatever authority exists in the office of the President to end segregation in the District of Columbia, including the Federal Government, and any segregation in the Armed Forces.
President Eisenhower, State of the Union Address
February 2, 1953
Source: eisenhower.archives.gov
A President does not shape a new and personal vision of America. He collects it from the scattered hopes of the American past.
President Lyndon B. Johnson, State of the Union Address
January 4, 1965
Source: lbjlib.utexas.edu
Let’s be frank. Let me level with you. I know and you know that my plan is unveiled in a political season. I know and you know that everything I propose will be viewed by some in merely partisan terms.
President George H.W. Bush, State of the Union Address
January 28, 1992
Source: bushlibrary.tamu.edu
Life in 1961 will not be easy. Wishing it, predicting it, even asking for it, will not make it so. There will be further setbacks before the tide is turned. But turn it we must.
President John F. Kennedy, State of the Union Address
January 30, 1961
Source: archives.gov
