Following are excerpts from notable inaugural addresses calling for the nation to meet great social or economic challenges: Now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great contest which still absorbs the attention and engrosses the energies of the nation, little that is new could be presented.
Washington, in his farewell address, called for the Constitution to be "sacredly maintained".
This is why President Bush in his 2007 State of the Union address called for doubling the strategic reserve.
Even President Clinton, in his 1999 State of the Union address, called for the federal government to press schools to end automatic promotion.
The text of Mr. Murphy's address called for him to say, "I'd also like to thank our colleagues from the MassMutual Financial Group for their support and help in moving OppenheimerFunds to the World Financial Center".
When President Bush, in his State of the Union address, called for a renewal of the act a year ahead of schedule, Republicans applauded and Democrats sat on their hands.
Nearly five months after Mr. Obama, in his State of the Union address, called for a final round of stimulus spending for local governments and tax cuts and lending programs for small businesses, Congress continues to haggle over several measures to create and save jobs because the economic case for stimulus has collided with lawmakers' political fears of even higher deficits.
Bush's inaugural address called for a return to respect, civility and more peaceful discourse.
After winning re-election the president in his 2013 State of the Union address called for an increase in the minimum wage, more funding for college education and climate change legislation.
President Obama, in his State of the Union Address, called for every state to require students to stay in school until they turn 18.
