President George Bush addressed the nation on September 11, 2001 after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Read the transcript of his remarks here.

On January 10, 2017, in Chicago, former president Barack Obama delivered a heartfelt farewell address before an estimated TV audience of 24 million people. See the full transcript of the speech below.

Severn Cullis-Suzuki speaking at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. Read the transcript here.

Maya Angelou recites her poem “On the Pulse of Morning” at the 1993 Presidential Inauguration. Read the transcript here.

First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton gave a speech at the United Nations Fourth World Conference on September 5, 1995. Read the full transcript here.