Speeches and Writings from Presidents and Vice Presidents
(Note to Viewers: A majority of the resources listed below
are from Fmr. President George W. Bush and Fmr. Vice President Dick Cheney. Bush and
Cheney governed from 2001-2009. More resources by presidents and vice presidents
can be found sprinkled throughout LPCA's mini site,
Thanksgiving Proclamation by President Abraham Lincoln
Thanksgiving Day Proclamation, 2001
State of the Union Address (1/29/2002)
State of the Union Address (1/28/2003)
State of the Union Address (1/20/2004)
State of the Union Address (2/2/2005)
President Bush Delivers State of the Union Address (1/31/2006)
Remarks by President Bush and His Holiness Pope John Paul II (2001)
Remarks by President George W. Bush at the Pageant of Peace (2003)
Remarks by the President Via Satellite to the Southern Baptist Convention (2004)
Remarks Via Satellite by the President to the National Association of Evangelicals Convention (2004)
Remarks by the President at 4th of July Celebration (2004)
Remarks by the President In Independence Day Celebration, 2001
Remarks by the President in a Conversation on Compassion (2004)
Remarks by the President Upon the Death of President Ronald Reagan (June 5, 2004)
Remarks by the President to Faith-Based and Community Leaders (January 15, 2004)
Presidential Message: 25th Anniversary of the Pontificate of His Holiness John Paul II
President Discusses Faith-Based Initiative at Youth Education Center
President Bush Discusses Faith-Based Initiative with Urban Leaders
President Bush's Eulogy at Funeral Service for President Reagan
President Bush Salutes Remembers President Reagan in Radio Address (2004)
President George Washington's Inaugural Speech
President Washington's Inaugural Speech 2
President Delivers Commencement Address at Calvin College
President's Remarks at National Day of Prayer and Remembrance (2001)
Proclamation by the President: Thanksgiving Day, 2003
President's Radio Address (December 25, 2004)
President Bush Speaks to St. Augustine Parish in Cleveland, Ohio (May 24, 2001)
President's Remarks at the 2004 Republican National Convention
President George W. Bush's 2nd
Inaugural Address (1/20/2005)
President and Mrs. Bush Light the National Christmas Tree (12/2/2004)
President's Radio Address-Thanksgiving (November 27, 2004)
President Delivers Remarks to Catholic Educational Association (2004)
President Delivers Commencement Address at Concordia University (2004)
President Discusses Compassionate Conservative Agenda in Dallas (August 3, 2004)
President's Easter Message (2004)
President Participates in Menorah Lighting Ceremony (2003)
President Delivers Remarks at 52nd Annual National Prayer Breakfast (2004)
President Bush Thanks Americans in Wednesday Acceptance Speech (11/3/2004)
President's National Days of Prayer and Remembrance Proclamation (2004)
President Proclaims Patriot Day (2004)
President's 9/11 Radio Address
(2004)
Presidential
Message: Christmas 2003
Presidential Christmas Message, 2004
President's Easter Message, 2005
President George W. Bush's Thanksgiving Remarks to U.S. troops in Baghdad (11/27/2003)
President's Radio Address-Christmas (12/27/2003)
President's Radio Address-week of 2 inaugural address (1/22/2005)
President's Radio Address-Easter (3/26/2005)
President's Radio Address-Pope John Paul II Funeral (April 9, 2005)
President Meets with Lebanese Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Sfeir (3/16/2005)
Address to a Joint Session of Congress and the American People by George W. Bush (09/20/2001)
Address
of the President to the Joint Session of Congress (February 27, 2001)
President's Passover Message, 5765
President Dedicates Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum (4/19/2005)
President and Mrs. Bush Congratulate Pope Benedict XVI
President Commemorates National Day of Prayer at the White House (5/5/2005)
President Delivers Remarks at Annual National Prayer Breakfast (2/3/2005)
President Bush Marks 53rd Anniversary of National Day of Prayer
National Days of Prayer and Remembrance, 2003
National Days of Prayer and Remembrance Proclamation, 2002
National Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving, 2001
Mother's Day, 2004 by the President of the United States of America
Marriage Protection Week, 2003
The Language of Liberty: The Political Speeches and Writings of Abraham Lincoln
Inaugural Speech 1&2 by Abraham Lincoln
Inaugural Speech by President George W. Bush
Inaugural Speech 1&2 by Ronald Reagan
Inaugural Address by George H. W. Bush
George W. Bush on God and Country
George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress
George Washington - Thanksgiving Proclamation
Flag Day and National Flag Week, 2004
“The Evil Empire” (President Reagan, March 8, 1983)
BUSH'S MESSAGE TO KNIGHTS´ CONVENTION (8/8/2001)
ARCHIVE: GEORGE WASHINGTON MATERIALS ON BERKELEY SPRINGS AND AREA
Washington's Farewell Address to the Nation
America’s Compassion in Action (2004)
Presidential Message on Juneteenth
President Attends National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast
President Addresses Nation on Space Shuttle Columbia Tragedy
President Addresses Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting (June 21, 2005)
The Challenger Disaster Speech-1986 by Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan's Farewell Address-1989
Flag Day and National Flag Week, 2005
President's Radio Address-Independence Day (July 2, 2005)
President's Radio Address-Pro Life Leadership (10/16/2004)
Remarks by the President at Independence Day Celebration (7/4/2005)
President's Statement on the Death of Pope John Paul II
President's Radio Address-Judges and other topics (7/16/2005)
Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 2005
President Addresses 2005 National Boy Scout Jamboree
40th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
President's Remarks at National Dinner Celebrating Jewish Life in America
Presidential Message: Rosh Hashanah, 5766
Presidential Message: Yom Kippur, 5766
President Participates in Opening Ceremony for Air Force One Pavilion
Presidential Message: Eid Al-Fitr
President Bush Discusses Democracy in the Western Hemisphere
President Discusses Freedom and Democracy in Kyoto, Japan
President Discusses Freedom and Democracy in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
President's Radio Address-Thanksgiving (11/26/2005)
President Bush Lights National Christmas Tree at Pageant of Peace (12/1/2005)
President and Mrs. Bush Participate in Menorah Lighting Ceremony (12/6/2005)
Human Rights Day, Bill of Rights Day, and Human Rights Week, 2005
Presidential Message: Christmas 2005
Presidential Message: Hanukkah 2005
President's Radio Address-Christmas Eve (12/24/2005)
Presidential Message: New Year's Day, 2006
Presidential Message: Eid Al-Adha
Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday, 2006
President Views Emancipation Proclamation at National Archives (1/16/2006)
Abraham Lincoln - Emancipation Proclamation
President Honors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at "Let Freedom Ring" Celebration (1/16/2006)
President Calls March for Life Participants (1/23/2006)
President Attends 54th Annual National Prayer Breakfast
President Honors Coretta Scott King at Homegoing Celebration (2/7/2006)
Franklin Roosevelt's D-Day Prayer (June 6, 1944)
President Bush Speaks at Goree Island in Senegal
Remarks by the President to the People of Poland (May 31, 2003)
President Bush Speaks to Faculty and Students of Warsaw University
President Attends National Catholic Prayer Breakfast (4/7/2006)
President Bush Commemorates National Day of Prayer (5/4/2006)
President Bush Presents Medal of Freedom to Pope (2004)
President George W. Bush - John Paul II: Servant of God, Hero of History
President Bush Orders Flags Flown at Half Staff in Honor of Pope John Paul II
President Bush Addresses the Nation on Immigration Reform
President Bush Discusses Global War on Terror (5/22/2006)
Flag Day and National Flag Week, 2006
President Bush Discusses Comprehensive Immigration Reform in Nebraska (6/7/2006)
President's Statement on the Senate's Marriage Protection Amendment Vote (6/7/2006)
President Bush Attends National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast (6/8/2006)
Presidential Message on Juneteenth (2006)
President's Radio Address-Independence Day (7/1/2006)
President Bush Thanks Military on Independence Day at Fort Bragg, North Carolina (7/4/2006)
President Vetoes H.R. 810, the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005
President Discusses Stem Cell Research Policy (7/19/2006)
First Inaugural Address of Dwight D. Eisenhower (JANUARY 20, 1953)
President Bush Signs Voting Rights Act
50th Anniversary of Our National Motto, In God We Trust, 2006
Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, Constitution Week, 2006
Presidential Message: Rosh Hashanah, 5767
Presidential Message: Ramadan, 2006
Presidential Message: Yom Kippur, 5767
Remarks by the President at Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony Honoring John Cardinal O'Connor
President's Statement on Anniversary of USS Cole Attack
President Bush Attends United States Air Force Memorial Dedication
President's Remarks on United Nations Security Council Resolution on North Korea
President Bush Attends Iftaar Dinner at the White House (10/16/2006)
President Bush Signs Military Commissions Act of 2006
Statement by the President on U.S. Reaching 300 Million Population Milestone
Presidential Message Eid al-Fitr
Press Conference by the President (10/25/2006)
President Bush Attends Ceremonial Groundbreaking of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial
Proclamation by the President Thanksgiving Day, 2006
President's Radio Address-Thanksgiving (11/25/2006)
President Bush Attends Lighting of the National Christmas Tree (12/7/2006)
Human Rights Day, Bill of Rights Day, and Human Rights Week, 2006
Presidential Message: Hanukkah 2006
Presidential Message to the Men and Women of the United States Armed Forces (2006)
Presidential Message: Christmas 2006
President and Mrs. Bush Host Hanukkah Reception at the White House (12/18/2006)
President's Radio Address-Christmas (12/23/2006)
Presidential Message on Eid al-Adha (2006)
Presidential Message for New Year's Day, 2007
RONALD REAGAN: ABORTION AND THE CONSCIENCE OF THE NATION
Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday, 2007
President Bush Visits with Military Personnel and Families at Fort Benning, Georgia
President's Radio Address-new Iraq strategy (1/13/2007)
National Sanctity of Human Life Day, 2007
Message to NRLC from President Bush
Remarks by the President at Meeting with Catholic Charities (1/31/2001)
President Bush Delivers State of the Union Address (2007)
President Bush Calls "March for Life" Participants - January 22, 2007
President Bush Attends National Prayer Breakfast (2/1/2007)
Press Conference by the President (2/14/2007)
President's Radio Address-Veterans (3/2/2007)
President Bush Discusses Western Hemisphere Policy
President's Radio Address-emergency war spending bill (3/17/2007)
President Bush Discusses Fourth Anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom
President Bush Visits Troops at Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Presidential Message, Passover (2007)
President Bush Visits with the Troops at Fort Irwin, California
National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day, 2007
Presidential Message: Easter 2007
President Bush Discusses Iraq War Supplemental, War on Terror
President Bush Attends National Catholic Prayer Breakfast (4/13/2007)
Vice President's Remarks to the Heritage Foundation
Honoring the Victims of the Tragedy at Virginia Tech
President Bush Offers Condolences at Virginia Tech Memorial Convocation
President Bush Visits the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
President Bush Discusses the Global War on Terror in Tipp City, Ohio
President's Radio Address-Virginia Tech attacks
National Day of Prayer, 2007-Virginia Tech
President Bush Visits East Grand Rapids, Discusses Global War on Terror (4/20/2007)
President Bush Addresses CENTCOM Coalition Conference
Message to the House of Representatives (Veto Iraq bill)
President Bush Rejects Artificial Deadline, Vetoes Iraq War Supplemental
President Bush Commemorates National Day of Prayer (5/3/2007)
Vice President's Remarks at a Rally for U.S. Troops at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq
President Bush Delivers Commencement Address at St. Vincent College
Vice President's Remarks at a Rally for the Troops (5/11/2007)
Prayer for Peace, Memorial Day, 2007
President Bush Delivers Commencement Address at the United States Coast Guard Academy
Vice President's Remarks at the United States Military Academy Commencement (5/26/2007)
President's Radio Address-Memorial Day (2007)
President Bush Commemorates Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery (5/28/2007)
President Bush Visits Prague, Czech Republic, Discusses Freedom
Flag Day and National Flag Week, 2007
President Bush Makes Remarks Via Satellite to the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting (2007)
President Bush Attends National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast (2007)
President Bush Discusses Stem Cell Veto and Executive Order
President Bush Rededicates Islamic Center of Washington
President Bush Visits Naval War College, Discusses Iraq, War on Terror
President's Radio Address-4th of July (2007)
President Bush Celebrates Independence Day With West Virginia Air National Guard (7/4/2007)
Proclamation by the President Captive Nations Week, 2007
President's Radio Address-Iraq (7/14/2007)
President Bush Discusses the Middle East (7/16/2007)
President's Radio Address-national security (721/2007)
President Bush Discusses War on Terror in South Carolina
President's Radio Address-Iraq (8/11/2007)
President's Radio Address-Iraq (8/18/2007)
President Bush Attends Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention, Discusses War on Terror (2007)
Proclamation by the President: Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, Constitution Week, 2007
President's Radio Address-Iraq (8/25/2007)
President Bush Addresses the 89th Annual National Convention of the American Legion
President Bush Visits and Thanks Troops in Anbar Province
President Bush Meets with Prime Minister Maliki and Iraqi Leaders
National Days of Prayer and Remembrance, 2007
Presidential Message: Rosh Hashanah, 5768
President's Radio Address-Iraq (9/8/2007)
Presidential Message: Ramadan, 2007
Address by the President to the Nation on the Way Forward in Iraq (9/13/2007)
Presidential Message: Yom Kippur, 5768
National POW-MIA Recognition Day, 2007
President Bush Addresses The United Nations General Assembly (2007)
President Bush Attends Iftaar Dinner at the White House (2007)
Presidential Message, Eid al-Fitr (2007)
Vice President's Remarks to the Washington Institute for Near East Policy
President Bush Presents Medal of Honor to Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy, U.S. Navy
President Bush Visits National Defense University, Discusses Global War on Terror
President Bush Discusses Cuba Policy
President Bush Discusses Global War on Terror (11/1/2007)
President Bush Speaks at Basic Combat Training Graduation Ceremony
President's Radio Address-Veterans Day (11/10/2007)
President Bush Marks Veterans Day at National Fallen Soldiers Memorial Ceremony (11/11/2007)
President Bush Offers Thanksgiving Greetings
President's Radio Address-Thanksgiving 2007
Presidential Message Hanukkah 2007
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, 2007
President Bush Attends Lighting of the National Christmas Tree Ceremony (2007)
Human Rights Day, Bill of Rights Day, and Human Rights Week, 2007
President Bush Hosts Hanukkah Reception (2007)
Presidential Message for New Year's Day, 2008
Presidential Message to the Men and Women of the United States Armed Forces
Presidential Message Christmas 2007
President's Radio Address-Christmas and the troops (12/22/2007)
Presidential Message Eid al-Adha (2007)
President Bush Visits Little Sisters of the Poor and Discusses Volunteerism
President Bush Discusses Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
President Bush Visits Church of the Nativity
President Bush Meets with Commander of Multinational Force-Iraq and Ambassador to Iraq
President Bush Visits Military Personnel and Coalition Forces
President Bush Discusses Importance of Freedom in the Middle East
Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday, 2008
National Sanctity of Human Life Day, 2008
President Bush Visits Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Library
President Bush Speaks to March for Life Rally Participants (2008)
President Bush Delivers State of the Union Address (1/28/2008)
President Bush Discusses the Faith-Based and Community Initiative (1/29/2008)
President Bush Discusses Global War on Terror in Las Vegas, Nevada
President Bush Attends National Prayer Breakfast (2008)
President Bush Attends National Religious Broadcasters 2008 Convention
Presidential Message St. Patrick's Day 2008
Presidential Message Easter 2008
President's Radio Address-Easter (3/22/2008)
President Bush Visits Dayton, Ohio, Discusses Global War on Terror (3/27/2008)
Statement by the President on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
President Bush Attends Medal of Honor Ceremony for Petty Officer Michael A. Monsoor, U.S. Navy
National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day, 2008
President Bush Discusses Iraq (4/10/2008)
President Bush Attends National Catholic Prayer Breakfast (2008)
Presidential Message, Passover (2008)
Remarks by the Vice President at the Farewell Ceremony for His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI
President Bush Celebrates National Day of Prayer (5/1/2008)
President Bush Commemorates Military Spouse Day
President's Radio Address-Mother's Day 2008
President Bush Addresses Members of the Knesset
President Bush Visits Jerusalem
President Bush Discusses Cuba, Marks Day of Solidarity
President Bush Attends Division Review Ceremony
Prayer for Peace, Memorial Day, 2008
President's Radio Address-Memorial Day (5/24/2008)
President Bush Attends Arlington National Cemetery Memorial Day Commemoration (2008)
President Bush Delivers Commencement Address at United States Air Force Academy (2008)
President Bush Presents Medal of Honor to Private First Class Ross Andrew McGinnis
Flag Day and National Flag Week, 2008
President Bush Discusses North Korea (6/26/2008)
President Bush Attends National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast (2008)
Presidential Message, Independence Day 2008
President's Radio Address-4th of July, 2008
Pro-Life President George W. Bush’s Remarks to NRLC 2008
President Bush Honors the 10th Anniversary of the International Religious Freedom Act
60th Anniversary of the Integration of the United States Armed Forces
President Bush Discusses Freedom Agenda (7/24/2008)
President Bush Discusses Iraq (7/31/2008)
President Bush Visits Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Thanks Troops (2008)
President Bush Visits with American and Korean Troops
President Bush Visits Bangkok, Thailand
Presidential Message, Ramadan 2008
Remarks by the President to the Republican National Convention
Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, Constitution Week, 2008
National POW-MIA Recognition Day, 2008
President Bush Attends Iftaar Dinner (9/17/2008)
President Bush Addresses United Nations General Assembly (2008)
President Bush Attends Saban Forum 2008
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, 2008
Human Rights Day, Bill of Rights Day, and Human Rights Week, 2008
Presidential Message Rosh Hashanah, 5769
Presidential Message Eid al-Fitr (2008)
Presidential Message Yom Kippur, 5769
President Bush Attends Rededication Ceremony of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
President Bush Attends United Nations High-Level Debate on Interfaith Dialogue
President Bush Visits Fort Campbell
Statement by the President on Agreements with Iraq
President and Mrs. Bush Attend 2008 Lighting of the National Christmas Tree Ceremony (2008)
President's Radio Address-Iraq (12/6/2008)
President Bush Discusses Defense Transformation at West Point
President Bush Visits Troops in Iraq (2008)
President Bush Visits with Troops in Afghanistan (2008)
President Bush Hosts Hanukkah Reception (2008)
President's Radio Address-Christmas 2008
Presidential Message Christmas 2008
Presidential Message 2008 Holiday Message to the Men and Women of the United States Armed Forces
Presidential Message New Year's Day, 2009
President Bush Saddened by Death of Father Richard John Neuhaus
National Sanctity of Human Life Day, 2009
President Bush Delivers Farewell Address to the Nation