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111Lyndon Baines Johnson: Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Wednesday, January 20, 1965 My fellow countrymen, on this occasion, the oath I have taken before you and before God is not mine alone, but ours together. We are one nation and one people. Our fate as a nation and our… …
112John F. Kennedy: Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Friday, January 20, 1961 Vice President Johnson, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Chief Justice, President Eisenhower, Vice President Nixon, President Truman, reverend clergy, fellow citizens, we observe today not a victory of party …
113James Madison: Second Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Thursday, March 4, 1813 About to add the solemnity of an oath to the obligations imposed by a second call to the station in which my country heretofore placed me, I find in the presence of this respectable assembly an …
114William McKinley: First Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Thursday, March 4, 1897 In obedience to the will of the people, and in their presence, by the authority vested in me by this oath, I assume the arduous and responsible duties of President of the United States, relying …
115William McKinley: Second Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Monday, March 4, 1901 When we assembled here on the 4th of March, 1897, there was great anxiety with regard to our currency and credit. None exists now. Then our Treasury receipts were inadequate to meet the current… …
116James Monroe: First Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Tuesday, March 4, 1817 I should be destitute of feeling if I was not deeply affected by the strong proof which my fellow citizens have given me of their confidence in calling me to the high office whose functions I am …
117Richard Milhous Nixon: First Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Monday, January 20, 1969 Senator Dirksen, Mr. Chief Justice, Mr. Vice President, President Johnson, Vice President Humphrey, my fellow Americans and my fellow citizens of the world community: I ask you to share… …
118Richard Milhous Nixon: Second Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Saturday, January 20, 1973 Mr. Vice President, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Chief Justice, Senator Cook, Mrs. Eisenhower, and my fellow citizens of this great and good country we share together: When we met here four years… …
119Ronald Reagan: First Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Tuesday, January 20, 1981 Senator Hatfield, Mr. Chief Justice, Mr. President, Vice President Bush, Vice President Mondale, Senator Baker, Speaker O Neill, Reverend Moomaw, and my fellow citizens: To a few of us here… …
120Ronald Reagan: Second Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Monday, January 21, 1985 Senator Mathias, Chief Justice Burger, Vice President Bush, Speaker O Neill, Senator Dole, Reverend Clergy, members of my family and friends, and my fellow citizens: This day has been… …
