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121Franklin D. Roosevelt: Second Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Wednesday, January 20, 1937 When four years ago we met to inaugurate a President, the Republic, single minded in anxiety, stood in spirit here. We dedicated ourselves to the fulfillment of a vision to speed the time… …
122Franklin D. Roosevelt: Fourth Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Saturday, January 20, 1945 Mr. Chief Justice, Mr. Vice President, my friends, you will understand and, I believe, agree with my wish that the form of this inauguration be simple and its words brief. We Americans …
123Theodore Roosevelt: Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Saturday, March 4, 1905 My fellow citizens, no people on earth have more cause to be thankful than ours, and this is said reverently, in no spirit of boastfulness in our own strength, but with gratitude to the Giver… …
124Harry S. Truman: Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Thursday, January 20, 1949 Mr. Vice President, Mr. Chief Justice, and fellow citizens, I accept with humility the honor which the American people have conferred upon me. I accept it with a deep resolve to do all that… …
125George Washington: First Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Thursday, April 30, 1789 Among the vicissitudes incident to life no event could have filled me with greater anxieties than that of which the notification was transmitted by your order, and received on the 14th day of… …
126George Washington: Second Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Monday, March 4, 1793 I am again called upon by the voice of my country to execute the functions of its Chief Magistrate. When the occasion proper for it shall arrive, I shall endeavor to express the high sense I… …
127Woodrow Wilson: First Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Tuesday, March 4, 1913 There has been a change of government. It began two years ago, when the House of Representatives became Democratic by a decisive majority. It has now been completed. The Senate about to assemble …
128Woodrow Wilson: Second Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Monday, March 5, 1917 The four years which have elapsed since last I stood in this place have been crowded with counsel and action of the most vital interest and consequence. Perhaps no equal period in our history has …
