Unwilling to depart from examples of the most revered authority, I avail myself of the occasion now presented to express the profound impression made on me by the call of my country to the station to the duties of which I am about to pledge myself by the most solemn of sanctions. So distinguished aContinue reading “President James Madison’s Inaugural Address, March 4, 1809*”
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President Thomas Jefferson’s Inaugural Address, March 4, 1801*
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 favor with which they have been pleased to look toward me, to declare a sincereContinue reading “President Thomas Jefferson’s Inaugural Address, March 4, 1801*”
President John Adams’ Inaugural Address, March 4, 1797*
WHEN it was first perceived, in early times, that no middle course for America remained between unlimited submission to a foreign legislature and a total independence of its claims, men of reflection were less apprehensive of danger from the formidable power of fleets and armies they must determine to resist than from those contests andContinue reading “President John Adams’ Inaugural Address, March 4, 1797*”
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