Top 9 Inaugural Address Quotes From Presidents

George H.W. Bush, 1989:

"There are times when the future seems thick as a fog; you sit and wait, hoping the mists will lift and reveal the right path. But this is a time when the future seems a door you can walk right through into a room called tomorrow."

With George Bush suffering health problems (he was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit on January 18), it's worth taking a moment to remember his words from his Inaugural Address. The father of a president and a president himself, Bush used George Washington's Bible when he was sworn in.

He also said during the address, "We know what works: Freedom works. We know what's right: Freedom is right. We know how to secure a more just and prosperous life for man on Earth: through free markets, free speech, free elections, and the exercise of free will unhampered by the state."

In this photo, US President George Bush poses for photographers after his address to the nation, 27 September 1991, in the Oval Office of the White House. During his speech, Bush announced that the US will unilaterally eliminate its land and sea-based short-range nuclear weapons. (Getty)