[Delivered in person at the Capitol] Mr. Vice President, Mr. Chief Justice, fellow citizens: I accept with humility the honor which the American people have conferred upon me. I accept it with a resolve to do all that I can for the welfare of this Nation and for the peace of the world. In performingContinue reading “President Harry S. Truman’s Inaugural Address, January 20, 1949*”
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Fourth Inaugural Address, 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 of today, together with our allies, are passing through a period of supreme test. It is a test of our courage —of ourContinue reading “President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Fourth Inaugural Address, January 20, 1945*”
President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Third Inaugural Address, January 20, 1941*
On each national day of Inauguration since 1789, the people have renewed their sense of dedication to the United States. In Washington’s day the task of the people was to create and weld together a Nation. In Lincoln’s day the task of the people was to preserve that Nation from disruption from within. In thisContinue reading “President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Third Inaugural Address, January 20, 1941*”
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