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Speech · Political speech

In all the attributes of a great, happy, and flourishing people we stand without a parallel in the world.

Martin Van Buren

Inaugural Address of Martin van Buren · 1837

★ 1.2

Speech · Political speech

We, the people, understand that our country cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make it. We believe that America’s prosperity must rest upon the broad shoulders of a rising middle class.

Second Inaugural Address of Barack Obama · 2013

★ 1.2

Speech · Political speech

Our country abounds in the necessaries, the arts, and the comforts of life. A general prosperity is visible in the public countenance.

Second Inaugural Address of James Madison · 1813

★ 1.3

Speech · Political speech

Ours is a land rich in resources; stimulating in its glorious beauty; filled with millions of happy homes; blessed with comfort and opportunity. In no nation are the institutions of progress more advanced. In no nation are the fruits of accomplishment more secure. In no nation is the government more worthy of respect. No country is more loved by its people. I have an abiding faith in their capacity, integrity, and high purpose. I have no fears for the future of our country. It is bright with hope.

Inaugural Address of Herbert Hoover · 1929

★ 1.9

Speech · Political speech

The forest has fallen by the ax of our woodsmen; the soil has been made to teem by the tillage of our farmers; our commerce has whitened every ocean. The dominion of man over physical nature has been extended by the invention of our artists.

John Quincy Adams

Inaugural Address of John Quincy Adams · 1825

★ 1.9

Speech · Political speech

God has placed upon our head a diadem and has laid at our feet power and wealth beyond definition or calculation. But we must not forget that we take these gifts upon the condition that justice and mercy shall hold the reins of power and that the upward avenues of hope shall be free to all the people.

Benjamin Harrison

Inaugural Address of Benjamin Harrison · 1889

★ 1.9

Speech · Political speech

We find ourselves rich in goods, but ragged in spirit; reaching with magnificent precision for the moon, but falling into raucous discord on earth. We are caught in war, wanting peace. We are torn by division, wanting unity. We see around us empty lives, wanting fulfillment. We see tasks that need doing, waiting for hands to do them.

First Inaugural Address of Richard Nixon · 1969

★ 1.9

Speech · Political speech

Never did a government commence under auspices so favorable, nor ever was success so complete. If we look to the history of other nations, ancient or modern, we find no example of a growth so rapid, so gigantic, of a people so prosperous and happy.

First Inaugural Address of James Monroe · 1817

★ 2.0