Famous presidential speeches Use the "Filter" button to select a particular president and find the speech you want Animate Background Off Search Presidential Speeches Filter President George Washington John Adams Thomas Jefferson James Madison James Monroe John Quincy Adams Andrew Jackson Martin Van Buren William Harrison John Tyler James K. Polk Zachary Taylor Millard Fillmore Franklin Pierce James Buchanan Abraham Lincoln Andrew Johnson Ulysses S. Grant Rutherford B. Hayes James A. Garfield Chester A. Arthur Grover Cleveland Benjamin Harrison William McKinley Theodore Roosevelt William Taft Woodrow Wilson Warren G. Harding Calvin Coolidge Herbert Hoover Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S. Truman Dwight D. Eisenhower John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson Richard M. Nixon Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton George W. Bush Barack Obama Donald Trump Joe Biden Barack Obama January 10, 2017: Farewell Address to the Nation video icon audio icon transcript icon May 15, 2016: Commencement Address at Rutgers University video icon audio icon transcript icon March 22, 2016: Remarks to the People of Cuba video icon audio icon transcript icon January 12, 2016: 2016 State of the Union Address video icon audio icon transcript icon June 26, 2015: Remarks in Eulogy for the Honorable Reverend Clementa Pickney video icon audio icon transcript icon March 7, 2015: Remarks at the 50th Anniversary of the Selma Marches video icon audio icon transcript icon January 20, 2015: 2015 State of the Union Address video icon audio icon transcript icon November 20, 2014: Address to the Nation on Immigration video icon audio icon transcript icon January 28, 2014: 2014 State of the Union Address video icon audio icon transcript icon December 4, 2013: Speech on Economic Mobility video icon audio icon transcript icon September 10, 2013: Address to the Nation on Syria video icon audio icon transcript icon July 24, 2013: Remarks on Education and the Economy video icon audio icon transcript icon July 19, 2013: Remarks on Trayvon Martin video icon audio icon transcript icon April 8, 2013: Speech on Gun Violence video icon audio icon transcript icon March 21, 2013: Address to the People of Israel video icon audio icon transcript icon March 1, 2013: Statement on the Government Sequester video icon audio icon transcript icon February 13, 2013: 2013 State of the Union Address video icon audio icon transcript icon January 29, 2013: Remarks on Immigration Reform video icon audio icon transcript icon January 21, 2013: Second Inaugural Address video icon audio icon transcript icon December 16, 2012: Remarks on Sandy Hook Elementary Shootings video icon audio icon transcript icon November 6, 2012: 2012 Election Night Victory Speech video icon audio icon transcript icon September 6, 2012: Nominee Acceptance Speech at 2012 Democratic National Convention video icon audio icon transcript icon January 24, 2012: 2012 State of the Union Address video icon audio icon transcript icon October 21, 2011: Remarks on the End of the War in Iraq video icon audio icon transcript icon September 8, 2011: Address to Congress on the American Jobs Act video icon audio icon transcript icon June 22, 2011: Remarks on the Afghanistan Pullout video icon audio icon transcript icon May 25, 2011: Address to the British Parliament video icon audio icon transcript icon May 19, 2011: Speech on American Diplomacy in the Middle East and North Africa video icon audio icon transcript icon May 1, 2011: Remarks on the Death of Osama Bin Laden video icon audio icon transcript icon January 25, 2011: 2011 State of the Union Address video icon audio icon transcript icon January 12, 2011: Remarks at Memorial for Victims of the Tucson, AZ Shooting video icon audio icon transcript icon November 3, 2010: Press Conference After 2010 Midterm Elections video icon audio icon transcript icon
