State of the Union Address Quotes

“The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we...”

― Abraham Lincoln, State of the Union Address

topic:pastpresenthistory

“We can succeed only by concert.”

― Abraham Lincoln, State of the Union Address

topic:success

“Nothing is easier than the expenditure of public money. It does not appear to belong to anybody. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody.”

― Calvin Coolidge, State of the Union Address

topic:moneyresponsibility

“But America is too great for small dreams.”

― Ronald Reagan, State of the Union Address

topic:greatnessdreams

“To state the facts frankly is not to despair the future nor indict the past. The prudent heir takes careful inventory of his legacies, and gives a faithful accounting to those whom he owes an obligation of trust.”

― John F. Kennedy, State of the Union Address

topic:trust

“complacency or self-congratulation can imperil our security as much as the weapons of tyranny. A moment of pause is not a promise of peace.”

― John F. Kennedy, State of the Union Address

topic:peace

“Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.”

― Abraham Lincoln, State of the Union Address

topic:politics

“How this outbreak was induced is not definitely known, and suspicions, which may be unjust, need not to be stated.”

― Abraham Lincoln, State of the Union Address

topic:justice

“No man is above the law and no man is below it”

― Theodore Roosevelt, State of the Union Address

topic:equalitylaw

“Numbered among our population are some 12,000,000 colored people. Under our Constitution their rights are just as sacred as those of any other citizen.”

― Calvin Coolidge, State of the Union Address

topic:equality