State of the Union Address Quotes

“We cannot play innocents abroad in a world that's not innocent; nor can we be passive when freedom is under siege.”

― Ronald Reagan, State of the Union Address

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“In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free—honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope of earth.”

― Abraham Lincoln, State of the Union Address

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“A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined”

― George Washington, State of the Union Address

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“we cannot for long lead the cause of peace and freedom, if we ever cease to set the pace here at home.”

― John F. Kennedy, State of the Union Address

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“We have known freedom's price. We have shown freedom's power.”

― George W. Bush, State of the Union Address

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“For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well organized and armed militia is their best security.”

― Thomas Jefferson, State of the Union Address

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“For if Freedom and Communism were to compete for man's allegiance in a world at peace, I would look to the future with ever increasing confidence.”

― John F. Kennedy, State of the Union Address

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“As we gather tonight, our nation is at war, our economy is in recession, and the civilized world faces unprecedented dangers. Yet the state of our Union has never been stronger.”

― George W. Bush, State of the Union Address

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“But our strategy for peace with freedom must also be based on strength—economic strength and military strength.”

― Ronald Reagan, State of the Union Address

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“Along with our desire for peace is the earnest hope for the increased prosperity of our sister republics of Latin America, and our constant purpose to promote cooperation with them which may be mutually beneficial and always inspired by the most...”

― Calvin Coolidge, State of the Union Address

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