Who'll pay reparations on my soul?
Many suggestions
And documents written
Many directions
For the end that was given
They gave us
Pieces of silver and pieces of gold
Tell me,
Who'll pay reparations on my soul?
Many fine speeches (oh yeah)
From the White House desk (uh huh)
Written on the cue cards
That were never really there
Yes, but the heat and the summer were there
Presidents often use the Oval Office (besides the U.S. Capital building in front of a joint session of Congress) as the venue to give the most important speeches. These speeches are the most refined since they are intended to be heard not only by all U.S. citizens but also people around the world. 
 JFK giving a speech about the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962: 
 
 LBJ announcing that he would not run for re-election on 3/31/1968: 

Wholl Pay Reparations on My Soul?