My fellow Americans : the most important speeches of America's presidents, from George Washington to George W. Bush

George Washington. First inaugural address "The American experiment" ; Farewell address

Thomas Jefferson. First inaugural address "We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists"

Andrew Jackson. Veto of the Bank of the United States ; Proclamation on Nullification

Abraham Lincoln. Republican Convention "A house divided" ; First inaugural "The better angels of our nature" ; Gettysburg address ; Second inaugural "With malice toward none"

The changing presidency : Benjamin Harrison, Grover Cleveland, and William McKinley

Theodore Roosevelt. "The man with the muck-rake" ; "The new nationalism" / William H. Taft

Woodrow Wilson. Request for war on Germany "The world must be made safe for democracy" ; "Fourteen points"

Return to normalcy : Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover

Franklin Delano Roosevelt. "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself" ; "A rendezvous with destiny" ; "Four freedoms" ; "A date which will live in infamy" ; "D-Day prayer"

Harry S. Truman. "The Truman Doctrine" ; Whistle-stop speech "Do nothing Congress"

Dwight D. Eisenhower. Address before the UN General Assembly "Atoms for peace" ; Farewell address "Military-industrial complex"

John F. Kennedy. "Ask not what your country can do for you" ; "Missiles in Cuba" ; Commencement address, American University ; Speech at the Berlin Wall "Ich bin ein Berliner"

Lyndon B. Johnson. Address to Congress after the Kennedy assassination ; Address to Congress on voting rights "We shall overcome" ; "I shall not seek and I will not accept the nomination of my party"

Richard M. Nixon. Address to the nation on Vietnam "The great silent majority" ; Farewell address to White House staff

Gerald R. Ford. "Our long national nightmare is over"

Jimmy Carter. Speech on energy and national goals "A crisis of confidence"

Ronald Reagan. First inaugural "Government is the problem" ; Speech to the British Parliament "Leave Marxism-Leninism on the ash-heap of history" ; the Challenger explosion ; Remarks on the Iran-Contra scandal

George H.W. Bush. "A kinder and gentler nation"

Bill Clinton. Remarks to the Church of God in Christ in Memphis ; Eulogy for victims of Oklahoma City bombing ; State of the Union Address 1998

George W. Bush. Address to Congress after the attacks of September 11, 2001 ; Address on Iraq (48 hour ultimatum)