{{Quotation| This government must be preserved in spite of the acts of any man or set of men. Nowhere in the world is presented a government of so much liberty and equality. To the humblest and poorest among us are held the highest privileges and positions. What constitutes the bulwark of our liberty and independence? It is not the frowning battlements, or bristling seacoast, our army and navy. These are not our reliance against tyranny. Our reliance is in the love of liberty which God has planted in us. Our defense is in the spirit which prizes liberty as the heritage of all men, in all lands everywhere.Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism at your own doors. At what point shall we expect the approach of danger? By what means shall we fortify against it? Shall we expect some transatlantic giant to step the ocean and crush us at a blow? Never. All the armies of Europe, Asia, and Africa combined could not, by force, take a drink from the Ohio or make a track on the Blue Ridge. At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up among us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we ourselves, must be its author and its finisher. As a nation of free men, we must live through all time, or die by suicide. Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite to exist only for a day. No. No. Man was made for immortality.}}
From 1971 until 1993, the only changes to the Hall of Presidents were the additions of newly elected presidents beginning with Gerald Ford in 1974.
==Second Incarnation (1993-2009)==
In 1993 the Hall of Presidents was overhauled and given a new script. Columbia professor Eric Forner convinced Disney executives including Michael Eisner, that the show did not pay enough attention to slavery and race.
When the Hall of Presidents reopened in October of 1993, the attraction had a completely new tone. The film was now narrated by poet Maya Angelo, and once again began with the Constitutional Convention. Now however, instead of arguing about whether or not to ratify the Constitution, delegates could be heard arguing about slavery and whether or not to include it in the new country.
The Whiskey Rebellion scene that had once followed the Constitutional Convention was removed from the new film. Instead next came the Nullification Crisis, where once again the issue of slavery was interjected. Now the crowd who supported nullification also voiced their approval of slavery.
Like in the previous incarnation of the Hall of Presidents, the next scene featured the Lincoln Douglas debate, during which Lincoln gives his famous "House Divided" speech. The Civil War portion of the show also remained mostly the same.
Another change however was done to the post Civil War scene. Instead of focusing on American technological achievements after the Civil War, the film instead focused on the civil rights struggles of women, immigrants and African Americans. The film concludes with the narrator saying "We the people should mean all the people". The film ended just as its predecessor did with the launch of the Saturn 5.
In this version of the attraction, Bill Clinton (the President in 1993) was given a speech at the end of the show. This tradition would continue for Clinton's successor George W. Bush and the current President Barrack Obama.
==Third Incarnation (2009-Present)==
With the Inauguration of Barrack Obama, the Hall of Presidents went under another major change. The tone was once again shifted, and it now focused on the Presidents relationship with "we the people".
Like the previous incarnations of the Hall of Presidents, the current version once gain starts with the shadows of Americans repeating the Deceleration of Independence. Morgan Freeman, who is the new narrator of the film, then shifts the scene back to American Revolution. Scenes of Valley Forge, and America winning Independence are shown. The narrator then says, that from the beginning the dream of "We the people" was already facing a threat. Images then depict the colonies as bankrupt, and soldiers as unpaid. Some American veterans can be heard calling for an end to Democracy and for George Washington to be crowned king. Washington then speaks, saying that he believes in the Democracy that he fought for, and the unrest amongest the solders is quelled.
The scene then changes to the Constitutional Convention, where the Founding Fathers agree that George Washington should be America's first President. Washington once again speaks saying:
{{Quoation|George Washington I fear...}}
The Nullification Crisis scene has been altered in the new version of the Hall of Presidents. Instead of focusing on nullification the scene know talks about President Andrew Jackson. The narrator says that Jackson was not an aristocrat as previous presidents had been, instead he was one of the people. A new image shows 20,000 Americans descending on Jackson's inauguration. A women staff member of the White House comments that if they had not put free punch on the lawn, commoners would still be in the White House.
The narrator then begins to discuss how slavery has begun to tear the country apart and a new President is needed to rise to the challenge. The Lincoln Douglas debates are once again shown, and Lincoln gives his "House Divided" speech. An image of Lincoln being elected in 1860 follows, while Lincoln remarks that:
{{Quotation|"I am nothing, but truth is everything."}}
The next scene shows the beginning of the Civil War and Fort Sumter. The Civil War is depicted through images of Union and Confederate soldiers, while cannons boom in the background. The narrator then tells guests that after 500,000 Americans had died, America needed meaning to come from all the tragedy.
At this point, the film screen rises to show and Audio Anamatronic Abraham Lincoln giving the Gettysburg Addresses.
The narrator says that with the Civil War over, America was united at last. Images of the Continental Railroad, and the Western Frontier are shown as America grows and moves West. Teddy Roosevelt then appears on the screen, as the narrator comments that although he was born an aristocrat, Roosevelt fought for the working class. He was the one who refused to call the Executive Mansion by its name, instead calling it a "White House". The next president mentioned is Franklin Delenor Roosevelt, who is called upon to the lead the nation through its darkest hours since the Civil War.