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21John 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 …
22Gerald R. Ford: First Address to Congress and the Nation — ▪ Primary Source On Monday evening, August 12, 1974, President Ford addressed a joint session of Congress. Although his remarks contained few legislative proposals, they did set the tone of his administration by urging fiscal… …
23William Howard Taft: Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Thursday, March 4, 1909 Anyone who has taken the oath I have just taken must feel a heavy weight of responsibility. If not, he has no conception of the powers and duties of the office upon which he is about to enter,… …
24Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address — Friends and Fellow Citizens: CALLED upon to undertake the duties of the first executive office of our country, I avail myself of the presence of that portion of my fellow citizens which is here assembled to express my grateful thanks for the… …
25Jimmy Carter: Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Thursday, January 20, 1977 For myself and for our Nation, I want to thank my predecessor for all he has done to heal our land. In this outward and physical ceremony we attest once again to the inner and… …
26Calvin Coolidge: Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Wednesday, March 4, 1925 No one can contemplate current conditions without finding much that is satisfying and still more that is encouraging. Our own country is leading the world in the general readjustment to the… …
27James A. Garfield: Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Friday, March 4, 1881 We stand to day upon an eminence which overlooks a hundred years of national life a century crowded with perils, but crowned with the triumphs of liberty and law. Before continuing the onward… …
28Herbert Hoover: Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Monday, March 4, 1929 This occasion is not alone the administration of the most sacred oath which can be assumed by an American citizen. It is a dedication and consecration under God to the highest office in service… …
29Thomas Jefferson: First Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Wednesday, March 4, 1801 Called upon to undertake the duties of the first executive office of our country, I avail myself of the presence of that portion of my fellow citizens which is here assembled to express my… …
30Franklin Pierce: Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Friday, March 4, 1853 It is a relief to feel that no heart but my own can know the personal regret and bitter sorrow over which I have been borne to a position so suitable for others rather than desirable for myself.… …
