Former Assistant Secretary of State Robert Charles revisits the inaugural messages of Ronald Reagan, Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy on Trump's inauguration day.

Roosevelt’s first inaugural (1933). All are well worth reading. Jefferson did an astonishing job in his first address explaining the importance of the peaceful transfer of power — and the ...

Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s first inaugural address and “Four Freedoms” State of the Union speech and John F. Kennedy’s inaugural address. Lincoln’s first inaugural address was an all ...

But on the first Inauguration Day, in 1789, George Washington did something else. He gave a speech. Every president ... first inaugural in 1933, Franklin Roosevelt moved out of campaign mode ...

Most people can recall one line from Franklin Delano Roosevelt's first inaugural address: "The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself." It wasn't the best line in the speech. Toward the end ...