“In January 1941,” Biden said, “President Franklin Roosevelt came to this chamber to speak to the nation.” In what became known as the “Four Freedoms” speech, Roosevelt sought to rally ...

Such speeches strive to reach beyond the immediate ... helping to sustain what Franklin Roosevelt in his second inaugural called “our covenant with ourselves.” ...

Such speeches strive to reach beyond the immediate ... helping to sustain what Franklin Roosevelt in his second inaugural called “our covenant with ourselves.” ...

Early on, I landed on my top five: Lincoln’s first and second inaugural addresses, Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s first inaugural address and “Four Freedoms” State of the Union speech and John F.