[Inaugural Speech Drafts-Notes and Suggestions] [1] - Jimmy ...

[Inaugural Speech Drafts—Notes and Suggestions] [1]

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First draft/inaugural

Once again the people have spoken.

Once again our democratic process has given us its

unique combination of governmental continuity and political

change.

Once again we honor not the victory of an individual

but the vindication of a system.

And once again we give thanks to God for our priceless

heritage of freedom.

I would not be human if I did not feel today immense

pride in the honor my fellow Americans have besnOded on me.'1 I I.~I would not be worthy of this office if I did not also

t feel in some measure inadequate to meet the responsibilitiesthat lie ahead.

No one person, standing alone, could meet those

responsibilities. But is is the genius of our democratic

system that no President must stand alone, for each President

embodies the aspirations and the strengths of millions of his

fellow citizens.

~Thus is hi~Jlown strength multiplied and his success

made possible, so long as he is faithful t01hose who have

put their trust in him.

It is traditional that a President, upon taking the

oath of office, should restate his goals and purposes. The

tradition is a proper one, for the person who assumes the

office is not the same person who pursued it. He will have

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been sobered by victory and humbled by the immensity of the

task ahead. The question is no longer how effectivel~T he

can campaign, but how wisely he can govern.

The years ahead will be a time of testing. We live in

an era of political disillusion, economic distress, and

international discord.

Forty-four years ago, in his first Inaugural address,

Franklin Roosevelt could say of this nation's difficulties,

"They concern, thank God, only material things."

Our difficulties today are spiritual as well as material.l'

We have been divided by war and'~illusioned by

scandal. The optimism of 1961, the unity of 1965 are only

memories now, long since replaced by division, pessimism

and despair.

Yet our spiritual loss need not be permanent. I have

travelled this land for two years and I believe I know our

people as well as anyone. If I have seen ~ur anguish,

I have also seen ~ur vast wellsprings of hope and optimism

and determination. Those enduring strengths are there,

waiting to be called forth, waiting to be given voice.

Thisceremony marksanew beginning,andIcalltoday

for

anewspiritin ourland,anew dedicationtothese

united

Statesof America.

Let our

new spirit be oneofunity.

Let our

new spirit be one oftrustf'

Let our

new spirit beone of determinationto healthe

divisions of the past and grasp the possibilities of the

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future.

Let each of us, young or old, rich or poor, black or

white, Northerner or Southerner, Protestant, Catholic, Jew

or agnostic, try to replace suspicion with friendship,

replace self-seeking with sacrifice, replace indifference

with concern, until, as Americans, as brothers and sisters,

we have made this nation whole and healthy and joyous once

again.

A President can call for a new spirit; only a people

can provide it. It must begin within each individual, in

the smile we give our neighbor, in the courtesy we show a

stranger. National greatness does not arise from wealth

and weapons; national greatness grows out of open hearts and

common purposes.

If our spirit is strong, if we can restore pride and

o 0 of . f 1 0 0 ~/fJ?~/patrlotlsm, 1 we can oster vo unteerlsm, lf we can res Lore

a sense of commonality, then we can move with strength and

confidence to meet the chalenges we face at home and abroad.

At home, we must begin with an understanding that our

nation's economic difficulties are both real and ser¥ious.,~-

We have today high unemployment, high inflation, slow

economic growth, and record federal deficits.

We must learn to live within our resources. We

ln government must not promise all things to all people,

because we do not have the resources to provide all things.

We live in a time when government can no longer afford

waste, extravagance or poor management.

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AJVyet I believe that with good judgment and good

management by our governmental leaders, and with patience,

confidence, and cooperation from business, labor, and

consumers, our economy can be made healthy once agaln.

That can be done because it must be done.

Too many Americans are without jobs today, people who

want to work, people who have been stripped by forces

beyond their control of the independence and the dignity

that corne with honest work.

Too many working Americans find their earnings ravaged

by rising taxes and rising prices, until they must sacrifice

the very necessities of life. I intend to see the American

standard of living increase, not decrease, during my

administration.

Our economy must be put right, and much else must

be done as well.

We must always remember that our people are our most

precious resource. Every illiterate adult, every child who

does not receive all the education he or she can absorb,

every teenager who cannot find work, every retarded person

who lacks treatment or training, each of these is an indictment

of us all.

We must seek full equality of opportunity. Six years

ago, upon becoming governor of Georgia, I said that the

time for racial discrimination was over. Today I add that

the time for discrimination based on age, sex, religion or

ethnic background is also over.

5.

Our nation's beauty and natural resources are threatened

by greed, selfishness, delay and neglect. We must move

firmly to reconcile our need for economic well-being with

our need for environmental excellence.

We must renew the age-old quest for equal justice.

Our laws must be fair, and those who break our laws, be

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comple

on of our

or poor, famous or obscure, must be dealt with

firmly, and impartially.

We must reorganize and revitalize our Federal government,

ending waste, rewarding ability, and achieving a government

that is both compassionate and competent, a government

that sees people as people and not as statistics.

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We must reform our tax structure, so the rich pay

their fair share, and no less, and working people

pay their fair~share, and no more.

We must remember that our nation is best served

by a strong and independent President working in

harmony with a strong and independent Congress, and

in harmony as well with the nation's governors,

mayors, and other local officials.

We must seek continually to understand the proper

relationship between those of us who are fortunate,

and have the power to make decisions that affect

the lives of others, and those of us who are powerless,

and must live with those decisions.

Even as we respect the right of the fortunate to

amass wealth and power, so must we respect the right

of the less fortunate to live in security and comfort.

Those of us who have had so many blessings bestowed

upon us must always seek to share those blessings

with others less fortunate. And those of us in

public office must always remember that the test of

a government is not how popular it is with the privileged

few, but how honestly and fairly it serves the

powerless many who must depend on it.

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We must also remember tha~OnlY insofar as we

achieve justice at home can we win respect abroad.

There is a new spirit at large in the entire world

today, as more and more peoples and nations demand

TOday, for the first time in history, there is truly

duty, as the heirs of the American Revolution, toiJ

support that spirit of freedom all across theYplanet.

personal security and political freedom. It is our

a global agenda, as men and women everywhere

demand an end to poverty, to illiteracy, to disease

and famine and overpopulation. We must be leaders

in that great global crusade.

The world agenda also includes a demand for individual

human rights, and we must use our influence to end

torture, and unjust oppression and imprisonment

wherever they may occur.

We must also remember that there is a basic human

right to be safe from mindless, indiscriminate political

terrorism. Let those terrorists who would slaughter

hand mai~ innocent men, women, and children, be

forewarned today that our patience is exhausted and

our arms are swift.

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To our friends and allies, we offer increased

cooperation and consultation, based on our shared

devotion to democratic principles.

To those who have been our adversaries, we say that

the United States of America seeks friendship with

every nation.

To all the world we pledge an unending search

for peace, with our goal the elimination of nuclear

weapons from this earth. That goal may not be

achieved in this administration. It may not be

achieved in this century. But let history say: "They

made the start; they turned humanity from the road

of destr~ction to the road of peace."

Ours is a strong nation, and it will remain strong

during my administration. ALl nations may be sure

that we will protect our interests, honor our

commitments, and support our allies.

Let the world know, too, that our foreign policy

will reflect the character of our people: we will

be ge~erous as well as strong, compassionate as well

as vigilant.

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A strong nation, like a strong person, need not

constantly prove its strength. Let weak nations be

blustering and impulsive; ~~~ nation can afford

to be patient, to be restrained, to be wise.

We have learned the_lessons of the past. Not

again will our young people be sent to fight in far-

off lands where we have no vital interests. Let us

rather fight the wars at home, against poverty

and ignorance and injustice, for those are the fl~~

-C~e~~ where our Fea"l vital interests.":1rr .I~

rt-:1~

Our people have called for new and aggressive

leadership, and with your help I will provide that

leadership.

I do not say the years ahead will be easy. But

our nation has faced difficult times before and

prevailed -- prevailed because we have dared

to dream great dreams, because we have refused to

accept mediocrity or injustice, and because we are

a people who know that hard work can make dreams

come true.

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As I undertake my new responsibilities, I do not

promise that you will always agree with me. I

cannot promise that I will always be right. But

I do promise that I will never_be satisfied with anything

less than what I believe to be best for our people

and all the people of the world.

We are bound together, all of us, because we are

Americans and because we are children of God.

If adversity is our inspiration, surely greatness

can be our reward.

Let us create together our new national spirit of

unity and trust.

Let us strive together.

Let us learn together and laugh together and work

together and pray together and, if need be, suffer

together, confident that in the end we:will triumph

together.

Our goal is both simple and majestic: to have an

American government as good and decent and strong

and wise and compassionate and as filled with love

as the American people are, as you are.

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If we can only do that, if our people can rule, then

we can be sure once more that we truly live in the

greatest nation on earth.

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"IF MY PEOPLE, WHICH ARE CALLED BY MY NAME, SHALL

HUMBLE THEMSELVES, AND PRAY, AND SEEK MY FACE, AND TURN

FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS; THEN WILL I HEAR FROM HEAVEN, AND

WILL FORGIVE THEIR SIN, AND WILL HEAL THEIR LAND."

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THIS~NAUGU~ATIO~CEREMONY MARKS A NEW BEGINNING,

A NEW SPIRIT AMONG OUR PEOPLE, AND A NEW DEDICATION WITHIN

OUR GOVERNMENT. ~OONE PERSON CANNURT~RE ~ND ENHANrF.

TlHS SPIRIT.

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FIRST DRAFTPAGE TWO

A PRESIDENT MAY DETECT AND ANNOUNCE A NEW SPIRIT;

ONLY A PEOPLE CAN PROVIDE IT. liT MU5T BEGIN HI'fHrl.'rfVlANY

'INLr:r-vrDUAI:.3, ~HTH A -e0MMUN l{.t;ALl. ZA'J.lroN OF OUR NEW OPPOR'I'BNfl:I-E&l

YOU HAVE GIVEN ME A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY -- TO TRy ro ,.rAY eL., j EflJ if.;,; /-1A./J) TV M j) -Tr, rf'/c (l t.."c Iii Tr, 'I" I •

~EXEMPLIFY WHAT YOU AREA YOUR STRENGTH CAN COMPENSATE

FOR 1'1YWEAKNESS, AND YOUR WISDOM CAN HELP TO MINIMIZE

MY MISTAKES.

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LET US~CREATE TOGETHER A NEW NATIONAL SPIRIT OF

UNITY AND TRUST. LET TT~ ~'I'Rr.TE TOCE'l'Hli:R. LET US LEARN -to~e.te..~-to,«-i1--...- -+0 ~~~1Lr

AND LAUGH~AND WORK~AND PRAY TOGETHER, CONFIDENT THAT IN

THE END ~"1EWILL TRIUMPH TOGETHER IN THE RIGHT.

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TWO CENTURIES AGO OUR NATION'S BIRTH0pPELRDD ~Olo""~ AII~

R~ TUli: V'TTT.PTT,T.Hli:WQ:l m.:! THE QUEST FOR FREEDOM. OURS WAS:J I\. A

THE FIRST SOCIETY OPENLY TO DEFINE ITSELF IN TERMS OF fo~5PI/Z,TL<....AL.T"-I'IlHIJ CrIfiITUl\.:f,AND ep nmiil\:~rLIBERTY.

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IT IS THAT (U~nQUEH130sJWHICH HAS GIVEN US A TRAN-

SCENDENT.APPEAL -- BUT IT ALSO IMPOSES ON US A SPECIAL

MORAL OBLIGATION.

~ IIAVE LEAmmD TIIAi3j OUR GREATNESS LIES IN THE .vi)W\!.4t,,,,, ~. -"' ••..•• $_, !4t. HlJ., fl.Hun )

ASSUMPTION OF THESE MORAL DUTIES~ WHICHASEEM INVARIABLY

TO BE IN OUR OWN BEST INTERESTS.

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'1 Jor1'AS WE BEGIN OUR THIRD CENTURY IT IS WELL TO CONSIDER

1P1Jf :;,~ ~~-- ~WHAT WE HAVE BEEN AND WHAT WE OUGHT TO BE •.. -- -

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~c>u~d

WE HAVE ~EE~J AflIJE TO ACMIEV~ A HIGH DEGREE Of). PER-

SONAL LIBERTY AND WE ARE NOW STRUGGLING TO ENHANCE EQUALITY

OF OPPORTUNITY.

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(!ttE-¥EAnS l'.•IIEAD WILL NOT BE EACY ONB3, B~J~AVE:I·N 'fHE F~"f FACED--MAN¥.-DJ;~U-L'l'rES·-ANIf PREVAILED --

BECAUSE -WE---ARE-A--P-EOPLE-WHo--KNeW~HAY"lIGH-' PURPOSE' AND

HARD WORK .CA~lLNOBLES.T-DREAM.....COME-'1'RU8

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WE CANNOT AFFORD TO DRIFT. WE MUST S~RI~E T6 ENDWE At::'

DISCRIMINATION, .IfIe' PROTECT THE lQUALITY OF OUR LIF§J, ~~J..v..<:.Q..

~~NA'ilE" WASTE, ~ CONTROL CRIME, ..!;pQ- PUT OUR PEOPLE TO

..':P& STRENGTHEN OUR FAMILIES, ~ INSURE FAIR TAXA-

TION, r;pe. PROTECT PERSONAL PRIVACY, AND ~ SET AND ACHIEVE

WORTHY GOALS IN AGRICULTURE, HEALTH CARE, EDUCATION AND

IN THE SUPPLY OF ENERGY. O~t"" J~\Je.r", ~<........+ VY\UA..f .Ia.. o..t ~ ')~

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FIRST DRAFTPAGE FOUR

FORTUNATELY, OUR RECENT MISTAKES AND THE RESULTING

DOUBT AND DISTRUST HAVE FORCED ~ OUR OWN GOVERNMENT TO

SEARCH FOR MORE OPENNESS AND CANDOR.

WE MUST STRIP AWAY SECRECY, AND MOVE THROUGH

UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE TO MAKE OUR PEOPLE AND OUR GOVERN-

MENT ONE" ANY nJ-G;.' S 4-"'1 G ,

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WE HAVE COME THROUGH MANY TIMES OF .TESTING AND.~ LW~~ \~~TRIAL, OF DISAPPOINTMENT AND CONCERN. AEVEN OUR~

N.4 n•../ 1"»4.,.. tt.I(:

GREAT COVERNl·:EElfrHAS ITS RECOGNIZED LIMITS, AND ACAN

NEITHER ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS NOR SOLVE ALL PROBLEMS.

BUT THE &~RICAN DREAM PERSISTS.

WE REJECT THE PROSPECT OF FAILURE OR MEDIOCRITY

OR))~AN INFERIOR QUALITY OF LIFE. OURS IS A TRADITION

OF LEADERSHIP AND PROGRESS, OF COMPASSION AND COMPETENCE.

OUR NATION'S BEST IS STILL AHEAD.

~~~WE CAN DEPEND ~ OUR OWN QUIET STRENGTH, BASED NOT

MERELY ON THE SIZE OF AN ARSENAL, BUT ON THE NOBILITY

OF OUR IDEAS.

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(TO BE TRU~TO OURSELVES, WE

I Iv tf" ,.J- ,.10 tAl

WORLD~IS~~DOMINATED BY A

MUST BE TRUE TO OTHERS.

NEW SPIRIT, BY PEOPLES

MORE NUMEROUS AND MORE POLITICALLY AWARE, CRAVING AND NOW

DEMANDING THEIR PLACE IN THE SUN -- NOT JUST FOR THE(Jill"

111~\~~P..(t.$ic.AL. Tllc;~ Cl" J 'BAStC

BETTERMENT OF,,'I'H&HUllAN CONDITION, BUT FOR\!. FUNill\.MEN'I'l\.L1P~~ dt.$'rC ..f.,..

~OFECT F~JHUMAN RIGHTS. ~FREEDOM IN THE WORLD IS ON

THE RISE.

TAPPING THIS NEW SPIRIT, W:E.-l\ITl5;t' ~LP rpe. SHAPE Aj'-tsJ ~ p~.::.~ worlci. .

~ ~~OnLD OF PEACE THAT IS TRULY HUMANE) THERE CAN BE NO

NOBLER NOR MORE AMBITIOUS TASK FOR AMERICA TO UNDERTAKE

ON THIS DAY OF A NEW BEGINNING JI,1t.•.........+0

WE HAVE NO FEAR OF PEACEFUL COMPETITION.

IS A STRONG

SO~~5u.~\j c\ e""-t

THE WORLD STILL LOOKS TO US FOR LEADERSHIP. OURSwE;; WH •.•••• MAl,.) rAI...J A

NATION AND ~'l'WILL REMA.IN 8'I'ftOMG,HI'PI!.}STRENGTH

THAT IT NEED NOT BE PROVEN IN COMBAT.

WE KNOW THAT THE TRUST WHICH OUR NATION EARNS IS

ESSENTIAL TO ITS STRENGTH.

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WE WILL •..SEEK LASTING AGREEMENTS [:N THOSE AF.EAJ OF

TH~bDJWHERE THE PRESENT BALANCE IS FRAGILE AND WHERE

PEACE SEEMS A TEMPORARY STATE.

A. bro Q..d

WE WILL NOT BEHAVE IN 1\N09?IIERCOUU'f'RYIN A WAY WHICH

WOULD VIOLATE OUR RULES AND STANDARDS HERE AT HOME.

WE WILL FIGHT OUR WARS AGAINST POVERTY, IGNORANCE

AND INJUSTICE, FOR THOSE ARE THE ENEMIES AGAINST WHICH

"V\ 0 b-I Y-OUR FORCES CAN BE HO~'fH!L~ MARSHALLED.

WE. W.ILL IIEL~ 'fODUILD A JU8'f'AnD rEACEFUL UORLD ORD~.

DIFFERENCES.

WE CANNOT DOMINATE OTHER NATIONS NOR BE RIGIDLY

v) WE

COME WE

EFFORTS

MUST BEWARE OF ILLUSIONS. FOR A LONG TIME TO

be. t/tCj' ID.."''', ~

MUST~COMBINE PEACEFUL COMPETITION WITH INCREASINGflJ'5:'>L-vt o~4!..oI'S

TO ACCBMODA'f'DWITH ~ I9THEJ\HA'f'IONs)OUR EXISTING

MORALISTIC BUT OUR SENSE OF MORALITY DICTATES A CLEARCUT

PREFERENCE FOR THOSE SOCIETIES WHICH SHARE WITH US AN

ABIDING RESPECT FOR INDIVIDUAL HUMAN RIGHTS. BECAUSEtJellErt

WE ARE FREE, WE CAN~ABE INDIFFERENT TO THE FATE OF

FREEDOM ELSEWHERE.

FIRST DRAFTPAGE SEVEN

IN THAT SETTING, AMERICAN POWER WILL REMAIN A CON-

STANT AND CREDIBLE FACTOR OF STABILITY. EVERYONE MUST

KNOW THAT ADEQUATE MILITARY STRENGTH -- TO DEFEND OUR

INTERESTS, TO PRESERVE OUR IDEALS, AND TO SAFEGUARD OUR

FRIENDS -- WILL BE MAINTAINED AND KEPT READY IF REQUIRED.

£.Je. w,{/ 1u- 'WCA... V'I'(~.{. ~d ~GI\. v~~/ •..

WE SEEK NOT TO INTIMIDATE, BUT IT IS CLEAR THAT A

WORLD WHICH OTHERS CAN DOMINATE WITH IMPUNITY WOULD BE

INHOSPITABLE TO DECENCY AND CONTRARY TO THE WELLBEING

OUR NATION CAN BE STRONG ABROAD ONLY IF IT IS

STRONG AT HOME. FOREIGN TRADE AND JOBS FOR OUR WORKERS,

THE WORLD ECONOMY AND DOMESTIC PROSPERITY ARE ALLu..S we. o....,.e. c:.CfV\c.uY\ ••..0:I

MUTUALLY SUPPORTIVE; AND ~mlCEJRl~ FOR HUNGRY PEOPLE INwe.""'" u..••'t IN\.Q. Q.,1-

OTHER NATIONS \:!mf:9? :Hi:M~TCIIED DY 1-1EE'fIW9']THENEEDS OF

THE DISADVANTAGED IN OUR OWN LAND.

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WE CAN HELP TO REDUCE@UNGE;3}. INJUSTICE, POLLUTION,

THE THREAT OF WAR, AND THE OPPRESSION OF INVOLUNTARY

SERVITUDE. WE SEE THAT OUR COMMITMENT TO HUMAN RIGHTS

Cc1.V'\MUST BE ABSOLUTE, AND THAT ~ LAWS ~ BE FAIR, OUR

wDo('ld's ft-.o-tNN.HBN.Lfl- BEAUTY PRESERVED, •.THE POWERFUL NEED NOT PER-

~+SECUTE THE WEAK, AND~HUMAN DIGNITY CAN BE ENHANCED.

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EQUIVALENT

p~ sl,lLWE ARE C':PILIt MILITARILY SECURE 'A AND- ENGAGED IN A

Wo •.Idu}\ Jta. deS'11'1ec1.

MASSIVEAARMAMENTS RACEATO INSURE CONTINUING"-WI 0 "\.9

STRENGTH fuITH ou131 POTENTIAL ADVERSARIES.

WE MUST ASSESS OUR FAULTS, TOLERATE DIVERSITY, REC-

~o ALL TUE ~YORL~ WE PLEDGE PATIENCE, RESTRAINT ANDEfFot?'T 5 11) l..'M·'

WISOOM IN OUR ~NBNDINe SEARCH F0R ~('1<' ~VJI'l'~ THE WORLD'ST'C)

ARHAMENTS ~ITED 'P8] THOSE NECESSARY FOR EACH NATION'S

OWN OOr<lESTIC SAFETY;, WITH OUR ULTIMATE GOAL THE ELIMIA(..L-

NATION OFANUCLEAR WEAPONS FROM THIS EARTH. ~UCCESS CAN

MEAN LIFE INSTEAD OF DEATH]

THE AMERICAN DREAM IS NEITHER OUTDATED NOR DIMINISHED.

OUR OWN GOVERNMENT WILL LEAVE US NO FUTURE.

OGNIZE OUR PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS, AND YET REMEMBER THAT

~ aAJ., I ./e..J.r

r WE URGE ALL OTHER PEOPLE TO JOIN USL~TEDor puu~'AND-A:6-RHSSi:~VE li.:.i'FORT TO REAL~E THEBE COJ\LC:1 ~

y.:+- _~ ~r~.........-rr- TnM.Y\'1 .\ ••!"':~ II' .~"&.- --/-,---~ IOUR RECENT SERIOUS MISTAKES €ftM'" BRING A RESURGENT

, ilC~'LI"- "- k,,,,,,,+COJI1MITMENT TO THE BASIC VALUES OF OUR NATION. II1\. RED OF

FIRST DRAFTPAGE NINE

WE, THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, ARE STRONG,

AND WITHIN US THERE IS EVIDENT A SOMBER, PURPOSEFUL,

INEXORABLE REKINDLING OF HOPE.

IF WE CAN MAINTAIN A MORAL AND JUST GOVERNMENT,

OUR FUTURE WILL BE EVEN BETTER THAN THE PAST.

OUR GOAL IS BOTH SIMPLE AND MAJESTIC -- TO HAVE

AN AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AS GOOD AND DECENT AND STRONG

AND COMPETENT AND AS FILLED WITH COMPASSION AND LOVE

AS ARE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

INAUGURAL SPEECHSECOND DRAFT

HERE BEFORE ME IS THE BIBLE USED WHEN GEORGE WASHINGTON,,, 17K',

WAS SWORN IN AS OUR FIRST PRESIDENT~ AND I HAVE JUST TAKEN~4.. Olo\e-

MY OWN OATH OF OFFICE ON ~ JHBLE) MY MOTHER GAVE ME MANY YEARS

AGO -- OPENED TO .h-VI3R6ElII11IClI~lm~=~n{:J...oOQ YUARS AP'l'ER

GOD GAv.c. 'fHI3 )\QMnNITION AND PROMTC:~\!o ICnW OO!JOtiO~-

o.~ MMOW'\lt;oll'\ jlv~ 10 U5 ;SOO ,e4rf 4.jo 1>, iCt.. frop~J ~,~: .

"IF Mx PEOPLE WffTCH ARE CALLED-B¥ IIY NoAMI':CIIALL lWMBLE ~

THE~"'Y, ANU SBt:K M~CFAt:E;.Al~D TURN FROM THEIR

WICKED WAV~, THRN WILL I HRARFROM HEA2E~D-W4~~R~IVE

THE:r.R--SIH.AND tAJILLHr;Ar; 'l'E£lR LAND. n- (:2 CHRONICLE-S-7;14)

UMk 1( •. rl4V~JJ..:f of r.~ 1 p,...d•.e.,.,,,-, ~.l

, A~j b~~ )VHJf'II G00'::; HELP. rJ.'l'IS TIME POR""OUR -b1!Nfr 'PO B - HEA:D:ED.

THIS INAUGURATION CEREMONY MARKS A NEW BEGINNING, ~

NRWP'W;~~p~J.rK~J.r~~·IAM~O~N~CI~O~U~R~r~E~o~r~h~E~,~L~H~DA NEW DEDICATION WITHIN

OUR GOVERNMENT ~d 4 ~ sp,,.,f ~ ~ ~.

I~ )."a ~' '1I/tA~ • ....ft ...." ~ p .• ~ A4:~J~ 1~LIc.. 1(,:J ,.t 'A~.,.",·J;o>'\:..••....

"He AA.ffv .sLow •...l thCA.., 0 "rv\6..~. ~.A IS c;oocl; ",--J

t4JL •..1 de>'k.. "It... LorJ -r.e.l"'~ of 'flu., Jf.4.t 1-0 do jtAJH1,

ct.,,-.l +0 , Qu-4- ~"'rn(. C4.-d -1-0 V-J....u:. h,,-.~/7 w' f-t..

If, ~0 d· ( 114, t:,~ ,.' ~ )

SECOND DRAFTPAGE TWO

~f

A PRESIDENT MAY DETECT AND ANNOUNCE A NEW SPIRIT;AONLY

A PEOPLE CAN PROVIDE IT.

YOU HAVE-+0 "fit •• '/

~CLOSE TO

~. I .~ , •..•..,'...,GIVEN ME A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY -- fro 'f'R~ ':PO

O' •••••d I-e. ~,~',.."' ••..1.,':

YOU ~ TO EXEMPLIFY WHAT YOU ARE.

YOUR STRENGTH CAN COMPENSATE FOR MY WEAKNESS, AND YOUR

WISDOM CAN HELP TO MINIMIZE MY MISTAKES. ~:rC--- .....J~ ~_J 1--....-# L ~ - -- - Iw __ .~ I I~ 4) -~ rllX,~~ .•

LET US ~'I'~IUli' r:pQl CREATE TOGETHER A NEW NATIONAL SPIRIT

OF UNITY AND TRUST.

LET US LEARN TOGETHER AND LAUGH TOGETHER AND WORK

TOGETHER AND PRAY TOGETHER, CONFIDENT THAT IN THE END

WE WILL TRIUMPH TOGETHER IN THE RIGHT.

TWO CENTURIES AGO OUR NATION'S BIRTH WAS A WATERSHED

THE LONG QUEST FOR 4IWk".!}·· FREEDOM. I: ~ ._ '" I L

s~.'1 .c.u. ••.J<. • f tI ..-."" 'I"'~ -... J ~ , 6 ~ T "[nt. u...,/e.d S~L-t~• f ,Ll~t~'~4 IS ~ 1'1.1 ./ •...JI ~ ;>;.,.~~,,.,L,..,.J. 4~ ••de(;.:JOURS WAS THE FIRST SOCIETY OPENLY TO DEFINE ITSELF

AUIt1;f" .

IN TERMS OF BOTH SPIRITUALITY ANDALIBERTY.

SECOND DRAFTPAGE THREE

IT IS THAT UNIQUE SELF-DEFINITION WHICH HAS GIVEN US

A TRANSCENDENT APPEAL -- BUT IT ALSO IMPOSES ON US A SPECIAL

fHOFl~.9OBLIGATION.

~bS~

OUR GREATNESS LIES IN THE ASSUMPTION OFEM~~~MORAL

DUTIES WHICH, WHEN ASSUMED, SEEM INVARIABLY TO BE IN OUR

OWN BEST INTERESTS.

AS WE BEGIN OUR THIRD CENTURY IT IS WELL TO CONSIDER

WE HAVE BEEN AND WHAT WE OUGHT TO BE.

7f..-IJ.....,.1 ,J.~IS OJII--. ~~ A".U'lC~ R~/wJ.~----t.__../.~r.,NIo r J'"./, fIo C••1(..IiA4;-

AS MY HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER SAID LONG AGO:A

"WE HAVE TO ADJUST TO CHANGING TIMES AND STILL HOLD

OUT FOR UNCHANGING PRINCIPLES."

COMBINATION OF CONTINUITY AND CHANGE.

ONCE AGAIN OUR DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM HAS GIVEN US ITS

A."t.re.. tke.. r"'~ c.J~, /•. St •.t) ~ V I J t 4l'\ r

A~c.t';to.", s/re. •...,tt... __ J fl-e"ilt.tI •.rt'1«........t-.

-A IHGli V.t;GK.t;.t; U~· .I:'.t;KSONAL LIDERl'Y AND 1&'P-RBGGLING TO .t;NHA1\!CE EOUALITY OF OP-PORTTJl>JT'T'Y _~

NGW

/0 frt4.,f ~cl

Ai. J• .,;,,,. J

IS tf..•..I ~J..'1~ W\ • {

SECOND DRAFTPAGE FOUR

THE BOLD AND BRILLIANT DREAM WHICH ENTRANCED THE

FOUNDERS OF OUR NATION STILL AWAITS ITS CONSUMMATION.

I HAVE NO NEW DREAM TO RELATE, BUT URGE A +H3W.f~fl",

FAITH IN THE OLD DREAM.

/,k.,I,OUR RECENT ~ER~gg~ MISTAKES MAYA BRING A RESURGENT

COMMIT!-lliNTTO THE BASIC VALUES OF OUR NATION,. h~ct.tu. ~ ~

"HOW ~I-

:rf wI. Je.rp's-c, LrJCIt ~Q.\le.nJ<:~p~ TR An()H~" OUR OWN GOVERNMENT (lvILL LE1WE gETI NO

FUTURE.

In SJ:&C.I •.. t .WE RECALL,,'l'H£E TIMES WHEN WE HAVE STOOD BRIEFLY,

BUT MAGNIFICENTLY, UNITED; IN THOSE TIMES NO PRIZE WAS

BEYOND OUR GRASP.

BUT WE CANNOT DWELL UPON REMEMBERED GLORY.

WE CANNOT AFFORD TO DRIFT.

WE MUST END DISCRIMINATION, PROTECT THE WEAK, REDUCE

WASTE, CONTROL CRIME, PUT OUR PEOPLE TO WORK, STRENGTHEN

OUR FAMILIES, INSURE FAIR TAXATION, PROTECT PERSONAL PRI-

VACY, AND SET AND ACHIEVE WORTHY GOALS IN AGRICULTURE,

SECOND DRAFTPAGE FIVE

HEALTH CARE, EDUCATION AND IN THE SUPPLY OF ENERGY.

OUR GOVERNMENT MUST AT THE SAME TIME BE COMPETENT

AND COMPASSIONATE.

G,..eRTUNATELY, OUR RECENT HISTAKE~ AI~D T.tit: l{t:~ULTIl'JG I:. JL 1Jt. 4JVt- .JLlAr ,,,,1&4DOliBT AND Dl.S".fLRUST ~ VEl FOltC~~ OUR OHN GOV~ftlmEUT••TO

SEARCH FOR MORE OPENNESS AND CANDOR.

WE MUST STRIP AWAY SECRECY, AND MOVE THROUGH UNIVERSAL

SUFFRAGE TO MAKE OUR PEOPLE AND OUR GOVERNMENT ONE AND THE

SAME.

~ HAVt: CUlVlli .dIROuG.ti MANY 'l'l.Mt:~ Ul.<' 'r£STl.NG AND Tl{IAL,~-

OF DI5APPUl.1\1Tj\AUDCONCERN".]

tJe. ~ ~ 1~Q."'tIlJ') '7l4l.+" Wt.,..'.$ ",.l Y\tcesrc.!f'· 1,,/ J •. I4I, ~k.,.p.-

~L'\Yi: T 'H'7\R1!mra THAT EVEN OUR GREAT NATION HAS ITS

RECOGNIZED LIMITS, AND THAT WE·CAN NEITHER ANSWER ALL

QUESTIONS NOR SOLVE ALL PROBLEMS.

SECOND DRAFTPAGE SIX

fl"\clL.\. ~ t.. '>

BUT THE AMERICAN DREA}l ~RJIO~~.

We. "«Me. A.,,.u.~~to"" •..cl '" J,.'l~ dt.r-- -{ ,...,.r~.J t l~~l4..-.(.. SJ..,••..',""'f ~ e..;..4 ••.•.•41c... "3" "'1 -, .,,,.,,.),,";~y.WE REJECT THE PROSPECT OF FAILURE OR MEDIOCRITY OR

INFERIOR QUALITY OF LIFE ~ -fb'" ."'.., persO")1.

(OURS IS A -'PAA-BI'fIOU O~SftlP AND PROGItESS OF"""

C0MPn.SS T()N AND COf.lPE~ENCE:J-


~i s ,.;l,d.;1WE CAN DEPEND UPON l2gR m~ilQUIET STRENGTH, ABASED NOT

MERELY ON THE SIZE OF AN ARSENAL, BUT ON THE NOBILITY OF

OUR IDEAS.

THE WORLD STILL LOOKS TO US FOR LEADERSHIP.

we. o...,.&"

0UR3 ~ A STRONG NATION AND WE WILL MAINTAIN A

STRENGTH SO SUFFICIENT THAT IT NEED NOT BE PROVEN IN


SECOND DRAFTPAGE SEVEN



TO BE TRUE TO OURSELVES, WE MUST BE TRUE TO OTHERS.

THE WORLD ITSELF IS NOW DOMINATED BY A NEW SPIRIT,

BY PEOPLES MORE NUMEROUS AND MORE POLITICALLY AWARE,

CRAVING AND NOW DEMANDING THEIR PLACE IN THE SUN --

NOT JUST FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THEIR OWN PHYSICAL CON-

DITION, BUT FOR BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS.

~~s,o~THE ~OIRE FOR FREEDOM IN THE WORLD IS ON THE RISE.

TAPPING THIS NEW SPIRIT, THERE CAN BE NO NOBLER NOR

MORE AMBITIOUS TASK FOR AMERICA TO UNDERTAKE ON THIS DAY

OF A NEW BEGINNING THAN TO HELP SHAPE A JUST AND PEACEFUL

WORLD THAT IT TRULY HUMANE.

WE WILL HELP OTHER NATIONS SEEK LASTING AGREE~lliNTS

.u~.-J-.--e 1. Of ~tlwe/ 0"'- l.ut:i ~"IWHERE THE PRESENT BALANCE~IS FRAGILE ~ WHEREA~ SEEMS

A TEMPORARY STATE, •••••..cL w.... ~ .•. cJ.t 0 ~ , ••~ ~

J'tHI1t •••.• ...., tV\.,j.,;. t4 c.h ~ , ..•4 t c.. •

SECOND DRAFTPAGE EIGHT

WE WILL NOT BEHAVE ABROAD IN A WAY WHICH WOULD VIOLATE

OUR RULES AND STANDARDS HERE AT HOME.

WE WILL FIGHT OUR WARS AGAINST POVERTY, IGNORANCE AND

INJUSTICE, FOR THOSE ARE THE ENEMIES AGAINST WHICH OUR FORCES

CAN BE NOBLY MARSHALLED.

WE CANNOT DOMINATE OTHER NATIONS NOR BE RIGIDLY MORALISTIC,

BUT OUR SENSE OF MORALITY DICTATES A CLEARCUT PREFERENCE FOR

THOSE SOCIETIES WHICH SHARE WITH US AN ABIDING RESPECT FOR

INDIVIDUAL HUMAN RIGHTS.

BECAUSE WE ARE FREE, WE CAN NEVER BE INDIFFERENT TO THE

FATE OF FREEDOM ELSEWHERE.

~"t..,. Ie.~ W'.t'&'t-ly t. c.".."..{u~c.J WI 'ft,.

~ WE MUST BEWARE OF ILLUS IONS 1 ~ ~

EOH-A.-.LONG-~IME.....'l'-O-C-GME-wE-MBS-'l'-BEi-ffGIbAN'I'7-AND_.COM

BWE PEAG~ UIr-GGMPEq!.I.rr..:fGN-wHH-HteRBA8-I·NG--·EJF~.oRTS-.T..Q .....RESOL..\lE...

WI~n-EXTS'fl~-nIlfFER~l~CE:J

SECOND DRAFTPAGE NINE

do ~o-\-WEASEEK ~ TO INTIMIDATE, BUT IT IS CLEAR THAT A WORLD

WHICH OTHERS CAN DOMINATE WITH It~U¢NITY WOULD BE INHOSPITABLE

TO DECENCY AND CONTRARY TO THE WELL-BEING OF ALL PEOPLE.

IN THAT SETTING, AMERICAN POWER WILL REMAIN A CONSTANT

AND CREDIBLE FACTOR OF STABILITY.

EVERYONE MUST KNOW THAT ADEQUATE MILITARY STRENGTH

TO DEFEND OUR INTERESTS, TO PRESERVE OUR IDEALS, AND TO

SAFEGUARD OUR FRIENDS -- WILL BE MAINTAINED AND KEPT READY

IF REQUIRED.

WE WILL BE EVER VIGILANT AND NEVER VULNERABLE.

1$

OUR NATION CAN BE STRONG ABROAD ONLY IF ITASTRONG

AT HOME ~J tlc. ~-I If/"~ .,4 ~'4H~~ F-~ ;C~~-.j:v I~/J .,4) ".af •.~~ ~ ;'''''''''J),~ )4;(A." ••••. t/~c.~.~ 7.f/.c-I.J $;t....,./~ ..4,K.~ Y~~4I--. AI~~ ~ ..I~~,(~ .

FOREIGN TRADE AND JOBS FOR OUR WORKERS, THE WORLD

ECONOMY AND DOMESTIC PROSPERITY ARE ALL MUTUALLY SUPPORTIVE;

AND AS WE ARE CONCERNED FOR HUNGRY PEOPLE IN OTHER NATIONS

WE MUST MEET THE NEEDS OF THE DISADVANTAGED IN OUR OWN LAND.

SECOND DRAFTPAGE TEN

WE CAN HELP TO REDUCE SUFFERING, INJUSTICE, POLLUTION,

THE THREAT OF WAR AND THE OPPRESSION OF [RlVOLUN'fA.1\f}SERVITUDE.

WE SEE THAT OUR COMMITMENT TO HUMAN RIGHTS MUST BE

ABSOLUTE, AND THAT LAWS CAN BE FAIR, OUR WORLD'S BEAUTY

PRESERVED, THAT THE POWERFUL NEED NOT PERSECUTE THE WEAK,

AND THAT HUMAN DIGNITY CAN BE ENHANCED.

A~.L4,k 1Ne.. tLr---WE 1.REAMILITARILY SECURE'A~ STILL ENGAGED IN A MASSIVE

WORLDWIDE ARMAMENTS RACE DESIGNED TO INSURE CONTINUING EQUIV-

ALENT STRENGTH AMONG POTENTIAL ADVERSARIES.

~(VO~ 'f'WS'~~'-'- ,-1/WE PLEDGE {-li~IElNCD, RE8'fAAIM'ij-ANDWISDOM IN OUR EFFORTS

TO LIMIT THE WORLD'S ARMAMENTS TO THOSE NECESSARY FOR EACH I Ict~4 .,," WlovC. Tf1/s 1&4.-' ~ _4. J. (£. $tep IP,,",,~NATION'S OWN DOMESTIC SAFETY,~~ OUR ULTIMATE GOAL-THE

ELIMINATION OF ALL NUCLEAR WEAPONS FROM THIS EARTH.

WE URGE ALL OTHER PEOPLE TO JOIN US AS ARCHITECTS OF

PEACE.

SUCCESS CAN MEAN LIFE INSTEAD OF DEATH.

SECOND DRAFTPAGE ELEVEN

WI~;"" u.-A,

,~, THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, ~nr n~nown

A:NlJ w~IInl 11& THERE IS EVIDENT A SOl-mER, PURPOSEFUL,

INEXORABLE REKINDLING OF HOPE.

d.e..,., s£..

WE MUST ASSESS OUR FAULTS, TOLERATE DIVERSITY,

RECOGONIZE OUR PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS, AND YET REMEMBER

THAT THE AMERICAN DREAM IS NEITHER OUTDATED NOR

DIMINISHED.

~ iVE eltN-MA-:tNTt\:-rN-A-M&RA'fJ"'RffD JU&P--6frVBRNMENT-,-'-

OU~BFJ-BV.EN.-BE.IT.ER THAN THE-1?AST.]

~UR-60AL IS BOTH SlMJ:>L};A~D MA~.t;Sfi€--~~AVE

AN AMERICAN-6evERNMENr1rS-G600ANDDECENTAN-i5'STRONG------~.bND-CGMPE-'IlENq1-AND--AS-.F.J:.LL~W'Fl'H~e-oMPASS'T()N--AN'fl-LOVE

~ ARB-:rHE AMERTCAN-PEGPLE]

;J;f If ~ ,It ~ """,~"J&, 6JiII 7:(;,-/ ~e-,~",.?

~ -rk ~t. - q-/.- •..,.,••/.,~ , r'

"'Hew' .1".'"",/ -9 ;C.~«.t/~ A..t e/ t:o,"nu/~/,'/ ~M rL. !.el(".J :yo. ,I'J~.-c. .,,~ ,..••..f••~k.... 1'£c. .•••.• t.,e...1 J>-IL..~..-I

r

bIlADEfO

INAUGURAL SPEECHTHIRD DRAFT

FOR MYSELF AND OUR NATION, I WANT TO THANK MY PREDE-

CESSOR, WHO HAS DONE SO MUCH TO HEAL OUR LAND.

HERE BEFORE ME IS THE BIBLE USED WHEN GEORGE WASHINGTON

WAS SWORN IN AS OUR FIRST PRESIDENT IN 1789, AND I HAVE JUST

TAKEN MY OWN OATH OF OFFICE ON THE ONE MY MOTHER GAVE ME

~JillY YEARS AGO OPENED TO AN ADMONITION GIVEN TO US 2500

YEARS AGO BY THE PROPHET MICAH:

"HE HATH SHOWED THEE, 0 MAN, WHAT IS GOOD; AND WHAT

DOTH THE LORD REQUIRE OF THEE, BUT TO DO JUSTLY, AND TO

LOVE MERCY, AND TO WALK HUMBLY WITH THY GOD." (MICAH 6:8)

THIS INAUGURATION CEREMONY MARKS A NEW BEGINNING,

A NEW DEDICATION WITHIN OUR GOVERNMENT, AND A NEW SPI'RIT

AMONG OUR PEOPLE.

THIRD DRAFTPAGE TWO

A PRESIDENT MAY DETECT AND ANNOUNCE A NEW SPIRIT, BUT

ONLY A PEOPLE CAN PROVIDE IT.

YOU HAVE GIVEN ME A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY - TO STAY

CLOSE TO YOU AND TO EXEMPLIFY WHAT YOU ARE.

YOUR STRENGTH CAN COMPENSATE FOR MY WEAKNESS, AND YOUR

WISDOM CAN HELP TO MINIMIZE MY MISTAKES.

LET US CREATE TOGETHER A NEW NATIONAL SPIRIT OF UNITY

AND TRUST.


TOGETHER AND PRAY TOGETHER, CONFIDENT THAT IN THE END WE

WILL TRIUMPH TOGETHER IN THE RIGHT.

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS STRONG BECAUSE IT

IS MANY NATIONS IN ONE; AND NOT JUST A PLACE, BUT AN IDEA.

TWO CENTURIES AGO OUR NATION'S BIRTH WAS A WATERSHED

IN THE LONG QUEST FOR FREEDOM.

THIRD DRAFTPAGE THREE

OURS WAS THE FIRST SOCIETY OPENLY TO DEFINE ITSELF

IN TERMS OF BOTH SPIRITUALITY AND HUMAN LIBERTY.

IT IS THAT UNIQUE SELF-DEFINITION WHICH HAS GIVEN US

A TRANSCENDENT APPEAL -- BUT IT ALSO IMPOSES ON US A SPECIAL

OBLIGATION.

OUR GREATNESS LIES IN THE ASSUMPTION OF THOSE MORAL


OWN BEST INTERESTS.


WHAT WE HAVE BEEN AND WHAT WE OUGHT TO BE.



I HAVE NO NEW DREAM TO RELATE, BUT URGE A FRESH FAITH

IN THE OLD DREAM.


SINGULAR COMBINATION OF CONTINUITY AND CHANGE.

THIRD DRAFTPAGE FOUR

OUR RECENT MISTAKES MAY LIKELY BRING A RESURGENT

COMMITMENT TO THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF OUR NATION, BECAUSE

WE KNOW THAT IF WE DESPISE OUR OWN GOVERNMENT WE HAVE NO

FUTURE.

WE RECALL IN SPECIAL TIMES WHEN WE HAVE STOOD BRIEFLY,


BEYOND OUR GRASP.

BUT WE CANNOT DWELL UPON REMEt1BERED GLORY.


WE MUST END DISCRIMINATION, PROTECT THE WEAK, REDUCE

WASTE, CONTROL CRIME, PUT OUR PEOPLE TO WORK, STRENGTHEN

OUR FAMILIES, INSURE FAIR TAXATION, PROTECT PERSONAL PRI-


HEALTH CARE, EDUCATION, AND IN THE SUPPLY OF ENERGY.

OUR GO\~RN~mNT MUST AT THE S~1E TIME BE COMPETENT

AND COMPASSIONATE.

THIRD DRAFTPAGE FIVE

WE ARE BEING FORCED TO SEARCH FOR MORE OPENNESS AND

CANDOR: WE MUST STRIP AWAY SECRECY, AND MOVE THROUGH UNI-

VERSAL SUFFRAGE TO MAKE OUR PEOPLE AND OUR GOVERNMENT ONE

AND THE SAME.

WE ARE LEARNING THAT "MORE" IS NOT NECESSARILY BETTER,

THAT EVEN OUR GREAT NATION HAS ITS RECOGNI ZED LHUTS, AND

THAT WE CAN NEITHER ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS NOR SOLVE ALL

PROBLEMS.

BUT THE AMERICAN DREAM ENDURES.

WE REJECT THE PROSPECT OF FAILURE OR MEDIOCRITY OR

AN INFERIOR QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ANY PERSON.

WE HAVE ALREADY FOUND A HIGH DEGREE OF PERSONAL LIBERTY,

AND WE ARE STRUGGLING TO ENHANCE EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY.


THE WORLD STILL LOOKS TO US FOR LEADERSHIP.

THIRD DRAFTPAGE SIX

WE ARE A STRONG NATION AND WE WILL MAINTAIN A STRENGTH

SO SUFFICIENT THAT IT NEED NOT BE PROVEN IN COMBAT.

WE CAN DEPEND UPON THIS QUIET STRENGTH, WHICH IS BASED

NOT MERELY ON THE SIZE OF AN ARSENAL, BUT ON THE NOBILITY

OF OUR IDEAS.







CRAVING AND NOW DEMANDING THEIR PLACE IN THE SUN -- NOT

JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THEIR OWN PHYSICAL CONDITION,

BUT FOR BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS.

THE PASSION FOR FREEDOM IN THE WORLD IS ON THE

RISE.

THIRD DRAFTPAGE SEVEN

TAPPING THIS NEW SPIRIT, THERE CAN BE NO NOBLER NOR



WORLD THAT IS TRULY HUMANE.

WE WILL HELP OTHER NATIONS SEEK LASTING AGREEMENTS

WHERE THE PRESENT BALANCE OF POWER IS FRAGILE OR WHERE

GOODWILL SEEMS A TEMPORARY STATE, AND WE URGE ALL OTHER

PEOPLE TO JOIN US AS ARCHITECTS OF PEACE.

WE WILL NOT BEHAVE ABROAD IN A WAY WHICH WOULD

VIOLATE OUR RULES AND STANDARDS HERE AT HOME.



OUR FORCES CAN BE NOBLY MARSHALLED.

WE CANNOT DOMINATE OTHER NATIONS NOR BE RIGIDLY

MORALISTIC, BUT OUR SENSE OF MORALITY DICTATES A CLEAR-

CUT PREFERENCE FOR THOSE SOCIETIES WHICH SHARE WITH US

AN ABIDING RESPECT FOR INDIVIDUAL HUMAN RIGHTS.

THIRD DRAFTPAGE EIGHT

BECAUSE WE ARE FREE WE CAN NEVER BE INDIFFERENT TO

THE FATE OF FREEDOM ELSEWHERE.

WE MUST BEWARE OF ILLUSIONS, AND NEVER LET MORALITY

BE CONFUSED WITH WEAKNESS.

WE DO NOT SEEK TO INTIMIDATE BUT IT IS CLEAR THAT

A WORLD WHICH OTHERS CAN DOMINATE WITH IMPUGNITY WOULD

BE INHOSPITABLE TO DECENCY AND CONTRARY TO THE WELL-

BEING OF ALL PEOPLE.

IN THAT SETTING, AMERICAN POWER WILL REMAIN A CON-

STANT AND CREDIBLE FACTOR OF STABILITY.



SAFEGUARD OUR FRIENDS -- WILL BE MAINTAINED AND KEPT READY

IF REQUIRED.


THIRD DRAFTPAGE NINE

OUR NATION CAN BE STRONG ABROAD ONLY IF IT IS STRONG

AT HOME, AND THE BEST WAY TO ENHANCE FREEDOM FOR OTHERS

IS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT OUR DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM IS WORTHY

OF EMULATION.





WE CAN HELP TO REDUCE SUFFERING, INUSTICE, POLLUTION,

THE THREAT OF WAR AND THE OPPRESSION OF SERVITUDE.



PRESERVED, THNf THE POWERFUL NEED NOT PERSECUTE THE WEAK,


ALTHOUGH MILITARILY SECURE, WE ARE STILL ENGAGED IN

A MASSIVE WORLDWIDE ARMAMENTS RACE DESIGNED TO INSURE

CONTINUING EQUIVALENT STRENGTH AMONG POTENTIAL ADVERSARIES.

THIRD DRAFTPAGE TEN

WE PLEDGE PERSEVERANCE AND WISDOM IN OUR EFFORTS TO

LIMIT THE WORLD'S ARMAMENTS TO THOSE NECESSARY FOR EACH

NATION'S OWN DOMESTIC SAFETY, AND WILL MOVE THIS YEAR A

STEP TOWARD OUR ULTIMATE GOAL

NUCLEAR WEAPONS FROM THIS EARTH.

THE ELIMINATION OF ALL

WE URGE ALL OTHER PEOPLE TO JOIN US AS ARCHITECTS

OF PEACE.

SUCCESS CAN MEAN LIFE INSTEAD ,OF DEATH.

WITHIN US THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, THERE IS

EVIDENT A SOMBER, PURPOSEFUL, INEXORABLE REKINDLING OF HOPE.

WE MUST ASSESS OUR FAULTS, CHERISH DIVERSITY, RECOG-

NIZE OUR PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS, AND YET REMEMBER THAT THE

AMERICAN DREAM IS NEITHER OUTDATED NOR DIMINISHED.

IN A NEW SPIRIT OF FREEDOM AND COMMITMENT, IT IS

TIME TO REMEMBER THE ANCIENT PROPHET, AND TO RENEW OUR

SEARCH FOR HUMILITY, MERCY, AND JUSTICE.

INAUGURAL SPEECHTHIRD DRAFT

FOR MYSELF AND OUR NATION, I WANT TO THANK MY PREDE-

(j)CESSOR, [~~~ I;;'~' ~dm~'"~~~~~'iIrTO HEAL OUR LAND.

:HEP~i BEFORE ME IS THE BIBLE USED WHEN GEORGE WASHINGTONL_ ~

WAS SWORN IN AS OUR FIRST PRESIDENT IN 1789. $N~I HAVE JUST

~2 TAKEN MY OWN OATH OF OFFICE ON THE/~ MY MOTHER GAVE ME I).) 14 at: 'J

~NY YEARS AG~OPENED TO AN ADMONITION GIVEN TO US 2500

YEARS AGO BY THE PROPHET MICAH:

l'HE HATH SHOWED THEE, 0 MAN, WHAT IS GOODil AND WHAT

DOTH THE LORD REQUIRE OF THEE, BUT TO DO JUSTLY, AND TO

LOVE MERCY, AND TO WALK HUMBLY WITH THY GOD." (MICAH 6:8)


1",,'" A NEW DEDICATION WITHIN OUR GOVERNMENT, AND A NEW SPl'RIT

AMONG OUR PEOPLE.

THIRD DRAFTPAGE TWO

\5to .\J.o; f:', A /,,)~ ?f'- DC. L ':1, (VI_J

A PRESIDENT MAY ~TEC;-'~-~AN~~~~~~ A NEv1 SPIRIT, BUT

ONLY A PEOPLE CAN PROVIDE IT.

YOU HAVE GIVEN ME A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY - TO STAY

~/o 1;'1:: (c)OILllY Df yDU)CLOSE TO YOUAAND TO EXEMPLIFY WHAT YOU ARE.

YOUR STRENGTH CAN COMPENSATE FOR MY WEAKNESS, ~ YOUR

MINIMIZE MY MISTAKES. ,

..$0..-\..<1 So ~cv"() ~ /~ ,- J ou.t... s,1jU' il~l~ l~tAl~ ''jtfu.. J,e:.c ~_Ci'f-Q,. ~ ~C\..~(1 'TOGETHER A NEW NATIONAL SPIRIT OF UNITY

WISDOM CAN HELP TO

r'. t. I:....(} "-- \ rl(\.\.:<,

~ L<.):::, YVl .i{~,--\,'v '()

LET US CREATE,I.-/i AND TRUST.\

/


TOGETHER AND PRAY TOGETHER, CONFIDENT THAT IN THE END WE

WILL TRIUMPH-TOGETHER IN THE RIGHT.

() u /2.. C00 tJ 1iL-~THE~ED-STATEG OF AMERIGA IS STRONG BECAUSE IT

J::S-MA.~A'I'1 ONS IN-BNE; }\.NDNOT JUST A PLACE, BUT AN IDEA.

MIL.£S7orJf..TWO CENTURIES AGO OUR NATION I S BIRTH WAS A W}\.TEnr:HEQ..

IN THE LONG QUEST FOR FREEDOM.

THIRD DRAFTPAGE THREE


IN TERMS OF ~O 1'1 ~ SPIRITUAL~ AND HUMAN LIBERTY.

~ I~ THAT UNIQUE SELF-DEFINITION ~ HAS GIVEN US1\. A Nl?>._ .IT

A TRANSCENDENT APPEAL -- BUT IT ~S0 IMPOSES ON US A SPECIAL

OBLIGATION.

OUR GREATNESS LIES IN THE ASSUMPTION OF THOSE MORAL


O\~ BEST INTERESTS.


WHAT WE HAVE BEEN AND WHAT WE OUGHT TO BE.



, /

I HAVE NO NEW DREAM TO RELATE,

IN THE OLD DREAM.

FRESH FAITH


SINGULAR COMBINATION OF CONTINUITY AND CHANGE.

THIRD DRAFTPAGE FOUR

/.

I H'~qOUR RECENT MISTAKES ~u l.IKl;LYBRING A RESURGENT

COMMITMENT TO THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF OUR NATION, ~r~ F~~

WE KNOW THAT IF WE DESPISE OUR OWN GOVERNMENT WE HAVE NO

FUTURE.

WE RECALL cDf SPECIAL TIMES WHEN WE HAVE STOOD BRIEFLY,


BEYOND OUR GRASP.

BUT WE CANNOT DWELL UPON REME1-'1'..BEREDGLORY.


GWE MUST END DISCRIMINATION, PROTECT THE WEAK, REDUCE~ Q

WASTE, CONTROL CRIME, PUT OUR PEOPLE TO WORK, STRENGTHEN@OUR FAMILIES, INSURE FAIR TAXATION, PROTECT PERSONAL PRI-


HEALTH CARE, EDUCATION, AND IN THE SUPPLY OF ENERGY.

OUR GOVERN~lliNTMUST AT THE S~1E TIME BE COMPETENT

AND COMPASSIONATE.

THIRD DRAFTPAGE FIVE

WE ARE BEING FORCED TO SEARCH FOR MORE OPENNESS AND

CANDOR; WE MUST STRIP AWAY SECRECY, AND MOVE THROUGH UNI-

VERSAL SUFFRAGE TO MAKE OUR PEOPLE AND OUR GOVERNMENT ONE

AND THE SAME.

WE ARE LEARNING THAT "MORE" IS NOT NECESSARILY BETTER,

THAT EVEN OUR GREAT NATION HAS ITS RECOGNI ZED LHUTS, AND

THAT WE CAN NEITHER ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS NOR SOLVE ALL

PROBLEMS.

BUT THE AMERICAN DREAM ENDURES.

WE REJECT THE PROSPECT OF FAILURE OR MEDIOCRITY OR

AN INFERIOR QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ANY PERSON.


AND WE ARE STRUGGLING TO ENHANCE EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY.


(THE WORLD STILL LOOKS TO US FOR LEADERSHI~

ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FORPRESERVATION PURPOSES

THIRD DRAFTPAGE SIX

WE ARE A STRONG NATION AND WE WILL MAINTAIN A STRENGTH

SO SUFFICIENT THAT IT NEED NOT BE PROVEN IN COMBAT.

WE CAN DEPEND UPON THIS QUIET STRENG~H, WHICH IS BASED

NOT MERELY ON THE SIZE OF AN ARSENAL, BUT ON THE NOBILITY

OF OUR IDEAS./

''..-.;( \.-.f

\., .~•.. I ••...,.

41/lll {J,II IWE HAVE NO FEAR OF PEACEFUL COMPETITION.






CRAVING AND NOW DEMANDING THEIR PLACE IN THE SUN -- NOT

JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THEIR OWN PHYSICAL CONDITION,


THE PASSION FOR FREEDOM IN THE WORLD IS ON THE

RISE.

THIRD DRAFTPAGE SEVEN

rlkIF'~TAPPING THIS NEW SPIRIT, THERE CAN BE NO NeB~NOR



WORLD THAT IS TRULY HUMANE.

WE WILL HELP OTHER NATIONS SEEK LASTING AGREEMENTS

WHERE THE PRESENT BALANCE OF POWER IS FRAGILE OR WHERE

GOODWILL SEEMS A TEMPORARY STATE, AND WE URGE ALL OTHER

PEOPLE TO JOIN US AS ARCHITECTS OF PEACE.

WE WILL NOT BEHAVE ABROAD IN A WAY WHICH WOULD

VIOLATE OUR RULES AND STANDARDS HERE AT HOME.



OUR FORCES CAN BE ~~~~MARSHALLED.

\ -~.. ~( ~':i"" '. h " 1\- •• \ •...... J '0"

~:--~OOMIR!Tt::1:l!I'HER=-N1l.:~];ON9 :Nl')R.-DE4~~nbY--- ----MnRnLI£TIC, BUT OUR SENSE OF MORALITY DICTATES A CLEAR-

CUT PREFERENCE FOR THOSE SOCIETIES WHICH SHARE WITH US

AN ABIDING RESPECT FOR INDIVIDUAL HUMAN RIGHTS.

THIRD DRAFTPAGE EIGHT

~_OT.!~'I') t')Lil~.i!..j ("[) ({flllll;!~

DECAUSE ~EAFREE-WE CAN NEVER BE INDIFFERENT TO

THE FATE OF FREEDOM ELSEWHERE •

. S11(, ,JP'IIV.J.I

flIZt. A ~~OUD\''J \()G{.H) Jj DI l..t2, AI/)OIJ£. LeyJ fJS£WE-MUS~EWARE-OF-T~NS. ANB..-NEVBR LET MORALITY

o 0 t2...

B~D WITH WEAKNESS.

)0/\1\1 Ai r-)rL D7/-/{K:..5WE DO NOT SEEK TO IU~~M~ BUT IT IS CLEAR THAT

A WORLD WHICH OTHERS CAN DOMINATE WITH IMPUGNITY WOULD

BE INHOSPITABLE TO DECENCY AND CONTRARY TO THE WELL-

BEING OF ALL PEOPLE.

)" ('V -J I!I s /1\1 Pr r~({;n wo(..(.,f) fY/ J 5 T- I!!! TIIl->.T SETTINj] AMERICAN POWER~ILg REMAIN A CON-

STANT AND CREDIBLE FACTOR OF STABILITY.



SAFEGUARD OUR FRIENDS -- WILL BE MAINTAINED,~ND KEPT READY

IF REQUIRE~


THIRD DRAFTPAGE NINE


AT HOME, AND THE BEST WAY TO ENHANCE FREEDOM FOR OTHERS

IS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT OUR DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM IS WORTHY

OF EMULATION.





WE CAN HELP TO REDUCE SUFFERING, INUSTICE, POLLUTION,

THE THREAT OF WAR AND THE OPPRESSION OF SERVITUDE.



PRESERVED, THAT THE POWERFUL NEED NOT PERSECUTE THE WEAK,


ALTHOUGH MILITARILY SECURE, WE ARE STILL ENGAGED IN

A MASSIVE WORLDWIDE ARMAMENTS RACE DESIGNED TO INSURE

CONTINUING EQUIVALENT STRENGTH AMONG POTENTIAL ADVERSARIES.

THIRD DRAFTPAGE TEN

WE PLEDGE PERSEVERANCE AND WISDOM IN OUR EFFORTS TO

LIMIT THE WORLD'S ARMAMENTS TO THOSE NECESSARY FOR EACH

NATION'S OWN DOMESTIC SAFETY, AND WILL MOVE THIS YEAR A

STEP TOWARD OUR ULTIMATE GOAL

NUCLEAR WEAPONS FROM THIS EARTH.

THE ELIMINATION OF ALL

WE URGE ALL OTHER PEOPLE TO JOIN US.~ ARCHITECTS

OF PEAC"9

SUCCESS CAN MEAN LIFE INSTEAD OF DEATH.

WITHIN US THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, THERE IS

EVIDENT A SOMBER, PURPOSEFUL, INEXORABLE REKINDLING OF HOPE.

WE MUST ASSESS OUR FAULTS, CHERISH DIVERSITY, RECOG-

NIZE OUR PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS, AND YET REMEMBER THAT THE

AMERICAN DREAM IS NEITHER OUTDATED NOR DIMINISHED.

IN A NEW SPIRIT OF FREEDOM AND COMMITMENT, IT IS

TIME TO REMEMBER THE ANCIENT PROPHET, AND TO RENEW OUR

SEARCH FOR HUMILITY, MERCY, AND JUSTICE.

INAUGURAL SPEECHSECOND DRAFT

JANUARY 8, 1977

PZOPLt. {1/£.ft1t; - !lT S1A(l~:J tUjfb..i

(j~~ 1rf1~~ ~~1/1~<0 ~~~4J S ~/

S~.) ~ ~~--v _

4-1 Q) ~~ ~ .kP./. ~...J ~~

,rv-P~ ~'.~ ~~ ~

~~~ ..

C=ONCE AGAIN OUR DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM HAS GIVEN US ITS

UNIQUE COMBINATION OF CONTINUITY AND CHANGE.

ONCE AGAIN WE HONOR NOT THE VICTORY OF AN INDIVIDUAL

BUT THE VINDICATION OF A ..sYS'1'ElL ~J)?I( - ~<:I C~;;

THIS SOLEMN CEREMONY MARKS A NEW BEGINNING, AND THE

START OF A NEW DEDICATION WITHIN OUR GOVERNMENT~

----f . 50011/'l/1"vLe- ~ 7L.A UA.l'~ "VV\.~

\l CALL TODAY FO~A NEW SPIRIT IN AMERICA",.A RENEWAL

OUR TRADITIONAL VALUES, A RESTORATION OF OUR NATIONAL

UNITY, A RETURN TO PERSONAL TRUST AND UNDERSTANDING.

A..J j-lc.E/V'I/'at llGTec.i {:I •.n;+u 0 •...•.

A PRESIDENT ~~AN CALL FOIgA NEW SPIRIT i A PEOPLE

MUST PROVIDE IT.

~A NEW SPIRIT MUST SPRING FROM OUR SHARED REALIZATION

OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT LIE AHEAD~

INAUGURAL SPEECHPAGE TWO

JANUARY 8, 1977

~ STAND AT A CROSSROADS IN HISTORY. WE HAVE LIVED

THROUGH DIFFICULT TIMES, AND THE FUTURE WILL NOT BE EASY~

~ ;~f~~;k~~~~;y[J:~OUR INSPIRATION 7:GREATNESS ~;;~i}OURREWARD.

(1orlf(.,.,t '/'C;

OUR GOVERNMENT MUST~PROVE ITSELF WORTHY OF TRUST.--OUR GOVERNMENT MUST ALSO PROVE ITSELF COMPETENT TO MEET

THE CHALLENGES THAT LIE AHEAD, BOTH AT HOME AND ABROAD.

LET OUR NEW SPIRIT BE ONE OF DETERMINATION. LET US

STRIVE TOGETHER, LET US LEARN TOGETHER, LET US LAUGH

TOGETHER, LET US WORK TOGETHER, LET US PRAY TOGETHER,

CONFIDENT THAT IN THE END WE WILL TRIUMPH TOGETHERJiN THE

RIGHT]?\

~S WE FACE THE CHALLENGES OF THE FUTURE, WE CAN BE

INSPIRED BY THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE PAST.J

THE BIRTH OF OUR NATION, TWO CENTURIES AGO, WAS A

MILESTONE IN HUMANITY'S ENDLESS QUEST FOR FREEDOM. OURS

WAS THE FIRST SOCIETY OPENLY TO DEFINE ITSELF IN TERMS

OF BOTH SPIRITUALITY AND OF HUMAN LIBERTY.

0_ c~j2~I?rU ;..~Ue ~~~ 1~~Ia--.<~{h ~ri (r~ T) f ~~ J(

INAUGURAL SPEECHPAGE THREE

JANUARY 8, 1977

THAT UNIQUE SELF-DEFINITION HAS GIVEN OUR NATION A

TRANSCENDENTAL APPEAL, AND IT HAS ALSO IMPOSED ON US A

SPECIAL MORAL OBLIGATION.

'[:0 BE TRUE TO OUP.8ELVES, WE MUST BE TRUE TO OUR IDEALS,

WE MUST ASSUME OUR MORAL RESPONSIBILITIES, BOTH IN OUR OWN

NATION AND IN THE WORLD COMMUNITY J \/. ,t ~ '- ~ b 1 11 - dLu ~j

z:d- ~J2/,d+-t p?~ ~ ~ - ~l' 5~ ~ A ~

AT HOME, WE MUST PROTECT PERSONAL LIBERTY AND CONTINUE ~~~;Ll y I.~ tJ--R-

THE STRUGGLE FOR EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL PEOPLE. Jll1~-~' _&-.~I""':" r ~ ~r

J-!YtlJW'P t. ~ __f#-~ E'5\

WE MUST STRIP AWAY SECRECY IN GOVERNMENT. ~ {~~:\ J

WE MUST MOVE THROUGH UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE TO MAKE OUR

PEOPLE AND OUR GOVERNMENT ONE AND THE SAME.

WE MUST ACHIEVE SWIFT AND EQUAL JUSTICE FOR ALL, AND

WE MUST MOVE VIGOROUSLY TO ROOT OUT BOTH CRIME AND ITS

CAUSES.

WE MUST REORGANIZE OUR GOVERNMENT, SO THAT IT SERVES

OUR PEOPLE EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY.

DEFO

INAUGURAL SPEECHPAGE FOUR

JANUARY 8, 1977

WE MUST HAVE A TAX SYSTEM THAT IS BOTH SIMPLE AND FAIR.

WE MUST SEEK RENEWED COOPERATION BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT

AND CONGRESS.

WE MUST SEE THAT EVERY ACTION OF GOVERNMENT STRENGTHENS

AND SUPPORTS THE AMERICAN FAMILY.

WE MUST RESTORE OUR ECONOMIC HEALTH, AND WE MUST PUT

OUR PEOPLE BACK TO WORK.

EVEN AS WE RECOGNIZE THE LIMITS OF GOVERNMENT, WE MUST

REJECT THE PROSPECT OF MEDIOCRITY OR OF AN INFERIOR QUALITY

OF LIFE. AS WE SEEK BETTER EDUCATION FOR OUR CHILDREN, AS

WE SEEK ADEQUATE HEALTH CARE FOR EVERY AMERICAN, AS WE CON-

FRONT THE ENERGY CRISIS, AS WE SEEK TO PRESERVE OUR NATION'S

BEAUTY, WE MUST BE TRUE TO OUR TRADITION OF LEADERSHIP AND

PROGRESS AND EXCELLENCE.

WE MUST NEVER DOUBT THAT OUR NATION'S BEST IS

STILL AHEAD OF US, IF WE ONLY HAVE THE BOLDNESS TO

ACHIEVE IT.

DE fOR

INAUGURAL SPEECHPAGE FIVE

JANUARY 8, 1977

[WE MUST ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT ONLY IF WE PURSUE

JUSTICE AT HOME CAN WE WIN RESPECT ABROAD J

WE CAN BE~ . \

STRONG ABROAD ONLY IF WE ARE STRONG At \

HOME. FOREIGN TRADE AND JOBS FOR AMERICAN WORKERS, THE

WORLD ECONOMY AND DOMESTIC PROSPERITY, ARE ALL MUTUALLY

SUPPORTIVE, AND OUR CONCERN FOR THOSE WHO LIVE IN POVERTY

IN OUR OWN COUNTRY MUST BE PART OF A LARGER CONCERN FOR

THOSE WHO SUFFER POVERTY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

WE MUST NOT BEHAVE ABROAD IN WAYS WHICH VIOLATE THE

MURDER, AND NEITHER MUST THE AGENTS OF OUR GOVERNMENT.

YOU AND I WOULD NOT PLOT

~J.... tU4A- ~ Fl ~/OUR FOREIGN POL~CY" CAN BE GREAT[ONL~ IF IT REFLECTS)\ ~ ttf

NOT ONLY THE STRENGTH OF OUR PEOPLE, BUT THE MORALITY, dJ --&. ~b,..fwi

THE DECENCY, AND THE COMPASSION OF OUR PEOPLE. /~~/~

~_YJ~~~fP;1?"STANDARDS WE OBSERVE AT HOME.

fAS A FREE PEOPLE, WE ~ CANNOT BE INDIFFERENT TO THE

FATE OF FREEDOM ELSEWHERE .• ·~E MUST BE THE CHAMPIONS

OF HUMAN RIGHTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, AND THE ENEMIES OF TYRANY

ME WHEREEVER IT EXISTS)'~C~~ C4> .~ f SL~ ~~-0WE MUST RE~lliMBERTHAT A NEW SP~~IT IS ~SWEEPING THE

J.SENTIRE WORLD TODAY, AS MORE AND MORE PEOPLE/AND NATIONS DEMliiND.•..

KRKE~~MXKNNXKX~E~KM~XEXKE~ PERSONAL SECURITY AND POLITICAL

FREEDOM. MEN AND WOMEN EVERYWHERE ARE SEEKING AN END TO

POVERTY, ILLITERACY, DISEASE AND ~RXR OVERPOPULATION. WE MUST BE

THE LEADERS IN THAT GREAT GLOBAL CRUSADE.

WE MUST HELP TO SHAPE A JUST AND PEACEFUL WORLD ORDER.

IN THAT ENDEAVOR,WE MUST RELY ON QUIET STRENGTH, NOT MERELY

ON THE SIZE OF OUR ARSENAL BUT ON THE STRENmTH OF OUR IDEALS.

WE SEEK THE FRIENDSHIP OF EVERY NATI~N, AND WE H~ HAVE NO

FEAR OF PEACEFUL COMPETITION WITH ANY NATION. WE BELIEVE THAT

COMPETITION CAN GO HAND IN HAND WITH INCREASED UNDERSTANDING AND

A LESSENING OF DIEFERENCES.IS

OURS[IflJA STRONG NATION AND MUST REMAIN STRONG, WITH A

MILITARY MIGHT SO APPARENT THAT IT NEED NOT BE PROVEN IN CNMBAT.

OUR POWER MUST BE A CONSTANT AND CREDIBLE FACTOR OF WORLD

STABILITY. NO ONE NEED DOUBT THAT WE WILL DEFEND OUR REAL RND

VITAL INTERESTS, HONOR OUR COMMITMENTS AND SAFEGImRD OUR ALLIES.

WE WXEEXRKMNWX~MXgXNK~X~MXgXEKK~R~gX~~XK~HXEXEXREK~K

PLEDGE TO ALL THE WORLD THAT WE WILL W~RKXK~RXRKK~ PURSUE PEACE

WITH PASSION AND WITH PATIENCE. [WE WILL WORK FOR EEAC~,KNE WE

WILLL PRAY FOR PEACE, AND, GOD WILLING, WE WILL HAVE PEACE.]

IN THAT QUEST, WE WILL SEEK A WORLDWIDE REDUCTION

1/5"

IN NUCLEAR WEAPONS. OUR GOAL MUST BE THE KXKM~MKE ELIMINATION

OF NUCELAR WEAPONS FROM THE HEARTH. THAT GOAL MAY SEEM DISTANT

TO USK TODAY, BUT LET HISTORY SAY, "THEY MADE A START."

LET OUR WARS BE FOUGHT AGAINST POVERTY, AGAmNST

IM~~RMK IGNORANCE, AGAINST DISEASE, AGAINST INDUSTICE, WHEREEER

THEY EXIST, KR~MMNX~HKXW~RENX IN THIS NATION OR ANY OTHER.

WE ASK EVERY OTHER NATION ON EARTH TO JOmN WITH US IN

THIS GREATEST OF UNDERTAKINGS.

E~gXg~XRSRl'nXRR~MlEHKRRXWXXHX~~MRKgEJtKNMX~j,(~~~

WE LIVE IN A TIME ~R'X~~~XANN OF CHANGE, AND

'- \1/THAT~ERY CHANGE SHOULD BE A CHALLENGE TO US. I RECALL WHAT

MISS JULIA COLE~~N, A SCHOOLTEACHER WHO HAD A GREAT IMPACT ON

MY LIFE, SAID HANY YEARS AGO: "WE ,HJI~~aiiHlt HAVE TO ADJUST

TO CHANGING TIMES AND STILL HOLD OUT FOR UNCHANGING PRINCPLES."

WE NEED NOT FEAR THE FUTURE. I BELIEVE A BRIGHT NEW

DAY IS tDAWNING FOR AMERI~ ..---------

I ENMmR ENTER UPON MY NEW RESPONSIBILITIES WITH CONFIDENCE

AND DETERMINATION. I LOOK TO YOU, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, FOR

INSPRIATION,~ FOR ~CRITICISM, AND FOR SUPPORT. I WILL DO EVERYTHING

I CAN TO STAY CLOSE TO YOU AND TO BE WORTHY OF YOU.

I SAY TO YOU AGAIN WHAT I SAID MANY TIMES DURING MY

CAMPAIGN: I OWE THE SPECIAL INTERESTS NOTHING. I OvillTHE PEOPLE

EVERYTHING. AND I INTEND TO KEEP IT THAT WAY.

WE, THE PEOPLE OF THE ~l~ UNITED STATES, ARE STRONG,

AND WITHIN US THERE IS A SOMBER, PURPOSEFUL, INEXORABLE REKINDLING

OF HOPE.

UP TO

t? ~.

O~g;7:'y./)~~WE 'E1'( ~.- GOVERNMENT, AND

....OUR/THE MAJESTY OF~CONSITITUTION

A NATION, THAT LIVE~

AND TO THE SMMPLE

GOVEm~MENT AS GOOD AND DECENT AND STRONG AND COMPEETENT AND

FILLND WITH LOVE AS ARE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

WORKING TOGETHER, AND WITH GODlIS HELP, ~ WE CAN AND

WILL ACHIEVE THAT GOAL.

INAUGURAL SPEECH

FOURTH DEAFT

FOR MYSELF AND OUR NATION, I WANT TO THANK MY PREDECESSOR

FOR ALL HE HAS DONE TO HEAL OUR LAND.

::L~~'S~m;.,~I';CUAr....WE->-.oB8ERV-E-4l~NeE A€'h'.Hr 1.J,J;ll'R .~ OUTWARD

6n cc. t'L;\()..I ""-AND PHYSICAL CEREMONY WE ATTEST TO THE INNER AND SPIRITUAL STRENGTH

A

OF OUR NATION. ~S lUM./I.Y8,'f'IIIOrAOOACE NARKS THE CONTINUITY OF

BAST PFnMlSES AND THF. HOPE FOR NEW BECINNINCC~

HERE BEFORE ME IS THE BIBLE USED IN THE INAUGURATION OF OUR

FIRST PRESIDENT IN 1789, AND I HAVE JUST TAKEN MY OWN OATH OF

C(fwOFFICE ON THE BIBLE MY MOTHER GAVE MEMAN¥ YEARS AGO, OPENED TO"A TIMELESS ADMONITION FROM THE ANCIENT PROPHET MICAH:

"HE HATH SHOWED THEE, 0 MAN, WHAT IS GOOD; AND WHAT DOTH

THE LORD REQUIRE OF THEE, BUT TO DO JUSTLY, AND TO LOVE MERCY,

AND TO WALK HUMBLY WITH THY GOD." (MICAH 6:8)

FOURTH DRAFT

PAGE TWO

THIS INAUGURATION CEREMONY MARKS A NEW BEGINNING, A NEW

us eLl/.DEDICATION WITHIN OUR GOVERNMENT, AND A NEW SPIRIT AMONG OOR-

T~<:L+PEefiJE. A PRES IDENT MAY SENSE AND PROCLAIM ~ NEW SPIRIT,

BUT ONLY A PEOPLE CAN PROVIDE IT.

TWO CENTURIES AGO OUR NATION'S BIRTH WAS A MILESTONE IN

THE LONG QUEST FOR FREEDOM, BUT THE BOLD AND BRILLIANT DREAMc Xc., (-cd

WHICH ~ THE FOUNDERS OF OUR NATION STILL AWAITS ITS tu-\ \C.D I'Y7 ? Ic..-hO)A ~d .{'o-rH-.. ~ cLa.y 7

[GGNSTJMMJ\.TImiJ I HAVE NO NEW DREAM TOA~' BUT RATHER URGE

A FRESH FAITH IN THE OLD DREAM.

OURS WAS THE FIRST SOCIETY OPENLY TO DEFINE ITSELF IN

TERMS OF BOTH SPIRITUALITY AND OF HUMAN LIBERTY. IT IS THAT

a.. y\ €..y...L.¥-h ov<o.- IUNIQUE SELF-DEFINITION WHICH HAS GIVEN US~ TRANJCENDBNT}

APPEAL -- BUT IT ALSO IMPOSES ON US A SPECIAL OBLIGATION_ ~-h:> -trL. k c.. 0 V\

OBT.T~ATTON LIES IN THE ASSill1PI'IONOi{THOSE MORAL DUTIES WHICH,

WHEN ASSUMED, SEEM INVARIABLY TO BE IN OUR OWN BEST INTERESTS.

FOURTH DRAFTPAGE THREE

YOU HAVE GIVEN ME A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY -- TO STAY CLOSE

TO YOU, TO BE WORTHY OF YOU, AND TO EXEMPLIFY WHAT YOU ARE. LET

US CREATE TOGETHER A NEW NATIONAL SPIRIT OF UNITY AND TRUST. YOUR

STRENGTH CAN COMPENSATE FOR MY WEAKNESS, AND YOUR WISDOM CAN HELP

TO MINIMIZE MY MISTAKES.

LET US LEARN TOGETHER AND LAUGH TOGETHER AND WORK TOGETHER

AND PRAY TOGETHER, CONFIDENT THAT IN THE END WE WILL TRIUMPH

TOGETHER IN THE RIGHT.

tu-/~~> THE AMERICAN DREAM ENDURES. ~ 'LJ~ Y)/lu.4 ...:b &vice.... CLja \ '-"- )'\.a..b-~A -ta I it..

(Y\ Ouv c..OLAVV~ _ a....v...d I Y\. ~ o...lAo +l(U'"', I 6d, ~ I~~/( <=i.

Q.evv.. be. be....t{ev. tue. Q~ b~ sfv-~lC-r" Y-c..~ h~t~r<2-.LET OUR RECENT MISTAKES BRING A RESURGENT COMMITMENT TO THE

BASIC PRINCIPLES OF OUR NATION, FOR WE KNOW THAT IF WE DESPISE

OUR OWN GOVERNMENT WE HAVE NO FUTURE.~

~L IN SPECIALTIMES WHEN WE HAVE STOOD BRIEFLY,BUT

MAGNIFICENTLY, UNITED; IN THOSE TIMES NO PRIZE WAS BEYOND OUR

GRASP .rIP BUT WE CANNOT DWELL UPON REMEBERED eLORY. WE CANNOT

FOURTH DRAFTPAGE FOUR

AFFORD TO DRIFT. WE REJECT THE PROSPECT OF FAILURE OR MEDIOCRITY

OR AN INFERIOR QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ANY PERSON.

PD·tf.vOUR GOVERNMENT MUST AT THE SAME TIME BE COMPETENT AND

A

{fCOMPASSIONATE. OUR NATION CAN BE :BTRONG ABROAD ONLY IF IT


IS STRONG AT HOME, AND WE KNOW THAT THE BEST WAY TO ENHANCEIV\ l.>~e..- IClAAds he-rc-

FREEDOM ~R OTREfU3] IS TO DEMONSTRATEATHAT OUR DEMOCRATIC

SYSTEM IS WORTHY OF EMULATION.

• ( /I

WE HAVE LEARNED THAT "MORE" IS NOT NECESSARILY BETTER, THAT

OUR COMMITMENT TO HUMAN RIGHTS MUST BE ABSOLUTE, OUR LAWS)'\u..:h.JiL (

FAIR, OUR~RLD' ~BEAUTY PRESERVED; THE POWERFUL MUST NOT

PERSECUTE THE WEAK, AND HUMAN DIGNITY MUST BE ENHANCED•

AND WE ARE NOW STRUGGLING TO ENHANCE EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY.

EVEN OUR GREAT NATION HAS ITS RECOGNIZED LIMITS, AND THAT WE CAN

NEITHER ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS NOR SOLVE ALL PROBLEMS. uJe.. Q.tl~I'\A lL \~cL ..f..:. c.::L.,

c..LI~'1~I'''''f I YLcV C4..v... we.. o.r~oI'd -h:. lac.k Po /dvte.5)" a..a.. ~ YV1~-~_J ~t~-h...,...e-· 5", -+o'je+t..e.r,'VI.. c..:.. Sf"'-'+- o.t=' ,,,,d.,u,ciu.e-t! .)ac:.Y-,f='.<:..~ f~ ~

Lv."" .", c.~ y <.J C> c:L., LU ~ yYt U.4- f- S I vIA. P I~ ~ €J u...v b.e. j /-.TO BE TRUE TO OURSELVES, WE MUST BE TRUE TO OTHERS. WE WILL

In \,<:rYe..~ '" plac:.e5 5'0 0-0 -/-0NOT BEHAVE hBIW/I.D IN ~ 'WAYTvilIICII 1l0UL:Q]VIOLATE OUR RULES AND STANDARDS

HERE AT HOME, FOR WE KNOW THAT THE TRUST WHICH OUR NATION EARNS

FOURTH DRAFTPAGE FIVE

IS ESSENTIAL TO ITS STRENGTH.

THE WORLD ITSELF IS NOW DOMINATED BY A NEW SPIRIT. ~]~.-~PEOPLES MORE NUMEROUS AND MORE POLITICALLY AWARE" CRAVING AND

NOW DEMANDING THEIR PLACE IN THE SUN -- NOT JUST FOR THE

BENEFIT OF THEIR OWN PHYSICAL CONDITION, BUT FOR BASIC HUMAN

RIGHTS.

THE PASSION FOR FREEDOM ~N TIlE \lORLDJ IS ON THE RISE.

TAPPING THIS NEW SPIRIT, THERE CAN' BE NO MeRE NOBLE~QR' N CR. ,Nt 0 ~ G

AMBITIOUS TASK FOR AMERICA TO UNDERTAKE ON THIS DAY OF A

NEW BEGINNING THAN TO HELP SHAPE A JUST AND PEACEFUL WORLD

THAT IS TRULY HUMANE.

WE ARE A STRONG NATION AND WE WILL MAINTAIN W STRENGTH

SO SUFFICIENT THAT IT NEED NOT BE PROVEN IN COMBAT -- A QUIET

STRENGTH BASED NOT MERELY ON THE SIZE OF AN ARSENAL, BUT ON

THE NOBILITY OF~JIDEAS.

tlV'd ~ WII/

WE WILL BE EVER VIGILANT AND NEVER VULNERABLE,~FIGHT~

OUR WARS AGAINST POVERTY, IGNORANCE AND INJUSTICE, FOR THOSE

hOl'\lJn:_\.I,ARE THE ENEMIES AGAINST WHICH OUR FORCES CAN BElNBDLY] MARSHALLED.

FOURTH DRAFTPAGE SIX

WE ARE A PROUDLY IDEALISTIC NATION, BUT LEI' NO ONE

-jpCONFUSE OUR IDEALISM WITH WEAKNESS. BECAUSE WE ARE FREE

WE CAN NEVER BE INDIFFERENT TO THE FATE OF FREEDOM ELSEWHERE.yV\ ",,- ••...1

OUR"SENSE ~F HORfl.LI':PY]DICTATES A CLEARCUT PREFERENCE FOR THOSE

SOCIETIES WHICH SHARE WITH US AN ABIDING RESPECT FOR INDIVIDUAL

HUMAN RIGHTS.}------- ,"

~-:O NOT SEEK TOINTIMIDATEj BUT IT IS CLEAR THAT A

WORLD WHICH OTHERS CAN DOMINATE WITH IMPUNITY WOULD BElL tt\ rea.+-

INHOSPITABLE TO DECENCY AND ~ONTRAllYJ TO THE WELL-BEING OF

ALL PEOPLE.

FOURTH DRAFT

PAGE SEVEN

THE WORLD IS STILL ENGAGED IN A MASSIVE ARMAMENTS RACE

DESIGNED TO INSURE CONTINUING EQUIVALENT STRENGTH AMONG

POTENTIAL ADVERSARIES. WE PLEDGE PERSEVERANCE AND WISDOM

IN OUR EFFORTS TO LIMIT THE WORLD'S ARMAMENTS TO THOSE NECESSARY

FOR EACH NATION'S OWN DOMESTIC SAFETY. WE WILL MOVE THIS YEAR

A STEP TOWARD OUR ULTIMATE GOAL -- THE ELIMINATION OF ALL NUCLEAR

WEAPONS FROM THIS EARTH.

WE URGE ALL OTHER PEOBLE TO JOIN US, FOR SUCCESS CAN

MEAN LIFE INSTEAD OF DEATH.

WITHIN US, THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, THERE IS EVIDENT~y.-IC:;U.:'

A ~ AND PURPOSEFUL REKINDLING OF ~1 COV\~: dQ..v....c.e..) ~

FOURTH DRAFTPAGE EIGHT

-H~e....Jel'" I II'-

I,.{WOOfrl1 HOPE THAT WHEN MY TIME AS YOUR PRESIDENT HAS ENDED,

PEOPLE MIGHT SAY THIS ABOUT OUR NATION:

tl-c~.f- tv€.... Aa.J V-4-v--e....vv....J,~e.J -r£....c- w<--...rJ•• Df h1,(c...L.. t\..vI.-d t~~~J~u v j c..a.A'-c:.[,1. f-uv' t" v.""', l, +'1 ) VVl ere '1 tivv--d Ju.-o k c...~;

THAT WE HAD TORN DOWN THE BARRIERS THAT SEPARATED THOSE OF

DIFFERENT RACE AND REGION AND @EXLAND) RELIGION, AND WHERE THERE

HAD BEEN MISTRUST) BUILT UNITY, WITH A RESPECT FOR DIVERSITY;

-t~",~c-THAT WE HAD FOUND PRODUCTIVE WORK FOR~un rEO:r-L~ ABLE

TO PERFORM IT;

THAT WE HAD STRENGTHENED THE AMERICAN FAMILY, WHICH IS THE

BASIS OF OUR SOCIETY;

THAT WE HAD ENSURED RESPECT FOR THE LAW, AND EQUAL TREATMENT

UNDER THE LAW, FOR THE WEAK AND THE POWERFULr--t~e. {',e k C0lA.J 't-tr.. f"or;

AND THAT WE HAD ENABLED OUR PEOPLE TO BE PROUD OF THEIR

OWN GOVERNMENT ONCE AGAIN.

I WOULD HOPE THAT THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD MIGHT SAY THAT

WE HAD BUILT A LASTING PEACE, BASED NOT ON WEAPONS OF WAR BUT ON

FOURTH DRAFTPAGE NINE

. < I P ,-e..c.1 v-v-SouJV\ \'lI\.U J r

INTERNATIONAL POLICIES WHICH REFLECT OUR~EI'E3'I' HORl\L] VALUES,

THESE ARE NOT JUST MY GOALS, BUT OUR COMMONHOPES, AND

THEY WILL NOT BE MY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BUT THE AFFIRMATION OFCLl".d

OUR NATION I S CONTINUING MORAL STRENGTHt\~UR BELIEF IN AN

UNDIMINISHED, EVER-EXPANDING AMERICAN DREAM,!

(iT--I%--'N-ME TO REMEMDER TIlE ANCIENT rRorlOO. f.ND TO RENEW

OUR-£EftRCH FOR ~IILITY. ~CY AND JU3TICE,~

INAUGURAL SPEECH

:5'INALCOPY

FOR HYSELF AND OUR NATION, I WANT TO THANK HY

PREDECESSOR FOR ALL HE HAS DONE TO HEAL OUR LAND.

IN THIS OUTVJA~D Atm PHYSICAL CEREMONY WE ATTEST

ONCE AGAIN TO THE INNER AND SPIRITUAL STRENGTH OF OUR

NATION.

AS HY HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER, MISS JULIA COLEl'1AN,

USED TO SAY, "~1E HUST ADJUST TO CHANGING TUrnS AND

STILL HOLD TO UNCHANGING PRINCIPLES."

HERE BEFORE ME IS THE BIBLE USED IN THE INAUGURATION

OF OUR FIRST PRESIDENT IN 1789, AND I HAVE JUST TAKEN MY

O\~ OATH OF OFFICE ON THE BIBLE MY 110THER GAVE ME A FEW

YEARS AGO, OPENED TO A TIHELESS ADMONITION FROM THE

ANCIENT PROPHET MICAH:

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"HE HATH SHmvED THEE, 0 MAN, WHAT IS GOOD; AND

WHAT DOTH THE LORD REQUIRE OF THEE, BUT TO DO JUSTLY,

AND TO LOVE MERCY, AND TO WALK HUlIlliLYWITH THY GOD."

(MICAH 6: 8)


A NEW DEDICATION WITHIN OUR GOVERNMENT, AND A NEW SPIRIT

AMONG US ALL. A PRESIDENT MAY SENSE AND PROCLAIM THAT

NEW SPIRIT, BUT ONLY A PEOPLE CAN PROVIDE IT.

TWO CENTURIES AGO OUR NATION'S BIRTH WAS A MILE-

STONE IN THE LONG QUEST FOR FREEDOM, BUT THE BOLD AND

BRILLIANT DREAM WHICH EXCITED THE FOUNDERS OF OUR NATION~OI'lJc ..UV'M4Lf-;o" .

STILL AWAITS ITS .pULl. COHj;lL~'l'Iel't:'"I HAVE NO NEvI DREAM

TO SET FORTH TODAY, BUT RATHER URGE A FRESH FAITH IN

THE OLD DREAM.


IN TEill1SOF BOTH SPIRITUALITY AND OF HU1~~N LIBERTY. IT

IS THAT UNIQUE SELF-DEFINITION WHICH HAS GIVEN US AN

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EXCEPTIONAL APPEAL -- BUT IT ALSO I~WOSES ON US A SPECIAL

OBLIGATION -- TO TAKE ON THOSE MORAL DUTIES WHICH, WHEN

ASSUMED, SEEM INVARIABLY TO BE IN OUR O~VNBEST INTERESTS.

YOU HAVE GIVEN ~£ A GREAT P~SPONSIBILITY -- TO STAY

CLOSE TO YOU, TO BE WORTHY OF YOU, AND TO EXE~~LIFY vlliAT

YOU ARE. LET US CREATE TOGETHER A NEW NATIONAL SPIRIT

OF UNITY AND TRUST. YOUR STRENGTH CAN COMPENSATE FOR

MY WEAKNESS, AND YOUR WISDOM CAN HELP TO MINIMIZE MY

MISTAKES.




THE AMERICAN DREAM ENDURES. WE MUST ONCE AGAIN

HAVE FULL FAITH IN OUR COUNTRY -- AND IN ONE ANOTHER.

I BELIEVE AMERICA CAN BE BETTER. WE CAN BE STRONGER

THAN BEFORE.

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LET OUR RECENT MISTAKES BRING A P~SURGENT CO!1MITMENT

TO THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF OUR NATION, FOR WE KNOW THAT

IF WE DESPISE OUR O~~ GOVERNMENT ~illHAVE NO FUTURE. WE

RECALL IN SPECIAL TIMES WHEN WE HAVE STOOD BRIEFLY, BUT

MAGNIFICENTLY, UNITED; IN THOSE TI~lliSNO PRIZE WAS BEYOND

OUR GRASP.

BUT WE CANNOT DvJELL UPON RE.HEJl.1BEREDGLORY. WE CANNOT

AFFORD TO DRIFT. WE REJECT THE PROSPECT OF FAILURE OR

}lliDIOCRITYOR AN INFERIOR QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ANY PERSON.

OUR GOVERNMENT MUST AT THE SANE TH-m BE BOTH COMPE

TENT AND COMPASSIONATE.

WE HAVE ALREADY FOUND A HIGH DEGREE OF PERSONAL

LIBERTY, AND WE ARE NOW STRUGGLING TO ENHANCE EQUALITY

OF OPPORTUNITY. OUR COMMITI1ENT TO HUMAN RIGHTS MUST BE

ABSOLUTE, OUR LAWS FAIR, OUR NATURAL BEAUTY PRESERVED;

THE POWERFUL NUST NOT PERSECUTE THE WEAK, AND HUMAN

DIGNITY MUST BE ENHANCED.

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PAGE FIVE

WE HAVE LEARNED THAT "MOP-E" IS NOT NECESSARILY

"BETTER", THAT EVEN OUR GREAT NATION HAS ITS RECOGNIZED

LIMITS, AND THAT WE CAN NEITHER ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS NOR

SOLVE ALL PROBLEMS. WE CANNOT AFFORD TO DO EVERYTHING,

NOR CAN WE AFFORD TO LACK BOLDNESS AS WE ~~ET THE FUTURE.

SO TOGETHER, IN A SPIRIT OF INDIVIDUAL SACRIFICE FOR THE

COMMON GOOD, WE MUST SIMPLY DO OUR BEST.


AT HOME, AND WE KNOW THAT THE BEST WAY TO ENHANCE FREEDOM

IN OTHER LANDS IS TO DEMONSTRATE HERE THAT OUR DEMOCRATIC



WE WILL NOT BEHAVE IN FOREIGN PLACES SO AS TO VIOLATE

OUR RULES AND STANDARDS HERE AT HOME, FOR WE KNOW THAT

THE TRUST WHICH OUR NATION EARNS IS ESSENTIAL TO ITS

STRENGTH.

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THE WORLD ITSELF IS NOW DOMINATED BY A NEW SPIRIT.

PEOPLES MORE NUMEROUS AND MORE POLITICALLY AWARE ARE

CRAVING AND NOW DEMANDING THEIR PLACE IN THE SUN

NOT JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THEIR Ol~ PHYSICAL CONDITION,


THE PASSION FOR FREEDOM IS ON THE RISE. TAPPING

THIS NEW SPIRIT, THERE CAN BE NO NOBLER NOR MORE M4BITIOUS

TASK FOR AMERICA TO UNDERTAKE ON THIS DAY OF A NEW BEGINNING

THAN TO HELP SHAPE A JUST AND PEACEFUL WORLD THAT IS TRULY

HUMANE.

l~ ARE A STRONG NATION AND WE WILL t~INTAIN STRENGTH

SO SUFFICIENT THAT IT NEED NOT BE PROVEN IN COMBAT -- A

QUIET STRENGTH BASED NOT MERELY ON THE SIZE OF AN ARSENAL,

BUT ON THE NOBILITY OF IDEAS.

WE WILL BE EVER VIGILANT AND NEVER VULNERABLE, AND


INJUSTICE, FOR THOSE ARE THE ENEMIES AGAINST WHICH OUR

FORCES CAN BE HONORABLY YARSHALLED.

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WE ARE A PROUDLY IDEALISTIC NATION, BUT LET NO ONE

CONFUSE OUR IDEALISM WITH WEAKNESS.


THE FATE OF FREEDOM ELSEvlliERE. OUR MORAL SENSE DICTATES

A CLEARCUT PREFERENCE FOR THOSE SOCIETIES WHICH SHARE

WITH US AN ABIDING RESPECT FOR INDIVIDUAL Hlli~N RIGHTS.

WE DO NOT SEEK TO INTIMIDATE, BUT IT IS CLEAR THAT A WORLD

WHICH OTHERS CAN DOMINATE WITH I~~UNITY WOULD BE INHOSPITABLE

TO DECENCY AND A THREAT TO THE WELL-BEING OF ALL PEOPLE.

THE WORLD IS STILL ENGAGED IN A ~~SSIVE ARMAMENTS

RACE DESIGNED TO INSURE CONTINUING EQUIVALENT STRENGTH

~iONG POTENTIAL ADVERSARIES. WE PLEDGE PERSEVERANCE AND

WISDOM IN OUR EFFORTS TO LIMIT THE WORLD'S AID~plliNTSTO

THOSE NECESSARY FOR EACH NATION'S ovrn D01~STIC SAFETY.

WE WILL MOVE THIS YEAR A STEP TOWARD OUR ULTI~ffiTEGOAL

THE ELIMINATION OF ALL NUCLEAR WEAPONS FROM THIS EARTH.

WE URGE ALL OTHER PEOPLE TO JOIN US, FOR SUCCESS

CAN }lliANLIFE INSTEAD OF DEATH.

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WITHIN US, THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, THERE

IS EVIDENT A SERIOUS AND PURPOSEFUL REKINDLING OF CONFI

DENCE, AND I JOIN IN THE HOPE THAT WHEN MY TIME AS YOUR

PRESIDENT HAS ENDED, PEOPLE MIGHT SAY THIS ABOUT OUR

NATION:

THAT ~~ HAD REMEMBERED THE WORDS OF MICAH AND

RENEWED OUR SEARCH FOR HUMILITY, MERCY AND JUSTICE;

THAT WE HAD TORN DOWN THE BARRIERS THAT SEPARATED

THOSE OF DIFFERENT RACE AND REGION AND RELIGION, AND

WHERE THERE HAD BEEN MISTRUST, BUILT UNITY, WITH A

RESPECT FOR DIVERSITY;

THAT WE HAD FOUND PRODUCTIVE WORK FOR THOSE ABLE

TO PERFORM IT;

THAT WE HAD STRENGTHENED THE AMERICAN FAMILY, WHICH

IS THE BASIS OF OUR SOCIETY;

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THAT WE HAD ENSURED RESPECT FOR THE LAW, AND EQUAL

TREATMENT UNDER THE LAW, FOR THE vlliAKAND THE POWERFUL,

THE RICH AND THE POOR;

AND THAT WE HAD ENABLED OUR PEOPLE TO BE PROUD OF

THEIR OWN GOVERN~~NT ONCE AGAIN.

I WOULD HOPE THAT THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD MIGHT

SAY THAT WE HAD BUILT A LASTING PEACE, BASED NOT ON

WEAPONS OF WAR BUT ON INTERNATIONAL POLICIES WHICH

REFLECT OUR OWN MOST PRECIOUS VALUES.

THESE ARE NOT JUST MY GOALS, BUT OUR CO~10N HOPES.

AND THEY WILL NOT BE MY ACCOMPLISH~lliNTS, BUT THE AFFIR~&.cr

MATION OF~NATION'S CONTINUING MORAL STRENGTH AND OUR

BELIEF IN AN UNDIMINISHED, EVER-EXPANDING M~ERICAN DREN1.

cTlor~MADE FOr,OSES

INAUGURAL SPEECH

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FOR MYSELF AND OUR NATION, I WAUT TO THANK MY

PREDECESSOR FOR ALL HE HAS DONE TO HEAL OUR LAND.

IN THIS OUTv7ARD AtlD PHYSICAL CEREMONY WE ATTEST

ONCE AGAIN TO THE INNER AND SPIRITUAL STRENGTH OF OUR

NATION.

AS MY HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER, MISS JULIP. COLEr.1AN,

USED TO SAY, "WE HUST ADJUST TO CHANGING THlES AND

STILL HOLD TO UNCHANGING PRINCIPLES."

HERE BEFORE ME IS THE BIBLE USED IN THE INAUGURATION

OF OUR FIRST PRESIDENT IN 1789, AND I HAVE JUST TAKEN MY

OWN OATH OF ,OFFICE ON THE BIBLE MY r·lOTHERGAVE ME A FE~'7,YEARS AGO, OPENED TO A TH1ELESS AD110NITION FROM THE

ANCIENT PROPHET MICAH:

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"HE HATH SHOWED THEE, 0 MAN, WHAT IS GOOD; AND

WHAT DOTH THE LORD REQUIRE OF THEE, BUT TO DO JUSTLY,

AND TO LOVE MERCY, AND TO WALK HUt-IDLYWITH THY GOD."

(MICAH 6:8)

THIS INAUGURATION CEREMONY MARKS A NLW BEGINNING,

A NEW DEDICATION WITHIN OUR GOVERNMENT, AND A NEW SPIRIT

AMONG US ALL. A PRESIDENT MAY SENSE AND PROCLAIM THAT

NEW SPIRIT, BUT ONLY A PEOPLE CAN PROVIDE IT.

TWO CENTURIES AGO OUR NATION'S BIRTH WAS A MILE-

STONE IN THE LONG QUEST FOR FREEDOM, BUT THE BOLD AND

BRILLIANT DREN1 WHICH EXCITED THE FOUNDERS OF OUR NATION

STILL AWAITS ITS FULL COMPLETION. I HAVE NO NEW DREAM

TO SET FORTH TODAY, BUT RATHER URGE A FRESH FAITH IN

THE OLD DREAM.


,IN TERMS OF BOTH SPIRITUALITY AND OF HU11..l\NLIBERTY. IT

IS THAT UNIQUE SELF-DEFINITION NHICH Hl\S GIVEN US AN

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EXCEPTIONAL APPEAL -- BUT IT ALSO ItTOSES ON US A SPECIAL

OBLIGATION -- TO TAKE ON THOSE !·'OR;1\LDUTIES ~'7I-IICH,YtlliEN

ASSUMED, SEEM INVARIABLY TO BE IN OUR O\m BEST INTERESTS.

YOU HAVE GIVEN ~~ A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY -- TO STAY

CLOSE TO YOU, TO BE WORTHY OF YOU, AND TO EXEMPLIFY WHAT

YOU ARE. LET US CREATE TOGETHER A NEv] NATIONAL SPIRIT

OF UNITY AND TRUST. YOUR STRENGTH CAN COMPENSATE FOR

MY WEAKNESS, AND YOUR WISDOM CAN HELP TO MINIMIZE MY

MISTAKES.




THE AMERICAN DREAM ENDURES. WE MUST ONCE AGAIN

HAVE FULL FAITH IN OUR COUNTRY -- AND IN ONE ANOTHER.

I BELIEVE AMERICA CAN BE BETTER. WE CAN BE STRONGER

THAN BEFORE.

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LET OUR RECENT MISTAKES BRING A P£SURGENT COMMITMENT

TO THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF OUR NATION, FOR tiE KNOW THAT

IF WE DESPISE OUR mm GOVERNMENT WE HAVE NO FUTURE. WE

RECALL IN SPECIAL TIMES WHEN WE HAVE STOOD BRIEFLY, BUT

MAGNIFICENTLY, UNITED; IN THOSE THlliS NO PRIZE v.lASBEYOND

OUR GRASP.

BUT WE CANNOT DWELL UPON REr-rr:~EREDGLORY. WE CANNOT

AFFORD TO DRIFT. WE REJECT THE PROSPECT OF FAILURE OR

MEDIOCRITY OR AN INFERIOR QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ANY PERSON.

OUR GOVERNMENT MUST AT THE SAME THffi BE BOTH COMPE-

TENT AND COMPASSIONATE.

WE HAVE ALREADY FOUND A HIGH DEGREE OF PERSONAL

LIBERTY, AND WE ARE NOW STRUGGLING TO ENHANCE EQUALITY

OF OPPORTUNITY. OUR COMMITMENT TO HUMAN RIGHTS MUST BE

ABSOLUTE, OUR LAWS FAIR, OUR NATURAL BEAUTY PRESERVED;.

THE POWERFUL' MUST NOT PERSECUTE THE WEAK, AND HUMAN

DIGNITY MUST BE F.NHANCED.

--..,-.~.•.,...-----~..•..~.

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PAGE FIVE

WE HAVE LEARNED THAT "MOP-E" IS NOT NECESSARILY

"BETTER", THAT EVEN OUR GREAT NATION HAS ITS RECOGNIZED

LIMITS, AND THAT WE CAN NEITHER ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS NOR

SOLVE ALL PROBLEMS. WE CANNOT AFFORD TO DO EVERYTHING,

NOR CAN WE AFFORD TO LACK BOLDNESS AS WE MEET THE FUTURE.

SO TOGETHER, IN A SPIRIT OF INDIVIDUAL SACRIFICE FOR THE

COMMON GOOD, WE HUST SIMPLY DO OUR BEST.


AT HOME, AND WE KNOW THAT THE BEST WAY TO ENHANCE FREEDOM

IN OTHER LANDS IS TO DEMONSTRATE HERE THAT OUR DEMOCRATIC



WE WILL NOT BEHAVE IN FOREIGN PLACES SO AS TO VIOLATE

OUR RULES AND STANDARDS HERE AT HOME, FOR WE KNOW THAT

THE TRUST WHICH OUR NATION EARNS IS ESSENTIAL TO ITS

STRENGTH.

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PAGE SIX

THE WORLD ITSELF IS NOW DOMINATED BY A NEW SPIRIT.

PEOPLES MORE NUMEROUS AND MORE POLITICALLY AWARE ARE

CRAVING AND NOW DEMANDING THEIR PLACE IN THE SUN

NOT JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THEIR Oh'N PHYSICAL CONDITION,


THE PASSION FOR FREEDOM IS ON THE RISE. TAPPING

THIS Nm~ SPIRIT, THERE CAN BE NO NOBLER NOR MORE AMBITIOUS

TASK FOR AMERICA TO UNDERTAKE ON THIS DAY OF A NEW BEGINNING

THAN TO HELP SHAPE A JUST AND PEACEFUL WORLD THAT IS TRULY

HUMANE.

WE ARE A STRONG NATION AND WE WILL ~~INTAIN STRENGTH

SO SUFFICIENT THAT IT NEED NOT BE PROVEN IN COMBAT -- A

QUIET STRENGTH BASED NOT MERELY ON THE SIZE OF AN ARSENAL,

BUT ON THE NOBILITY OF IDEAS.

WE WILL BE EVER VIGILANT AND NEVER VULNERABLE 1 AND


INJUSTICE, FOR THOSE ARE THE ENEMIES AGAINST NHICH OUR

FORCES CAN BE HONORABLY MARSHALLED.

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WE ARE A PROUDLY IDEALISTIC NATION, BUT LET NO ONE

CONFUSE OUR IDEALISM WITH WEAKNESS.


THE FATE OF FREEDOM ELSE\IDERE. OUR MORAL SENSE DICTATES

A CLEARCUT PREFERENCE FOR THOSE SOCIETIES \IDICH SHARE

WITH US AN ABIDING RESPECT FOR INDIVIDUAL HUMAN RIGHTS.

WE DO NOT SEEK TO INTIMIDATE, BUT IT IS CLEAR THAT A WORLD

WHICH OTHERS CAN DOMINATE WITH It~UNITY WOULD BE INHOSPITABLE

TO DECENCY AND A THREAT TO THE WELL-BEING OF ALL PEOPLE.

THE WORLD IS STILL ENGAGED IN A ~ffiSSIVEARMAMENTS

RACE DESIGNED TO INSURE CONTINUING EQUIVALENT STRENGTH

AHONG POTENTIAL ADVERSARIES. WE PLEDGE PERSEVERANCE AND

WISDOM IN OUR EFFORTS TO LIMIT THE WORLD'S ARMAMENTS TO

THOSE NECESSARY FOR EACH NATION'S OWN DOMESTIC SAFETY.

WE WILL MOVE THIS YEAR A STEP TOWARD OUR ULTIMATE GOAL

THE ELIMINATION OF ALL NUCLEAR WEAPONS FROM THIS EARTH.

WE URGE ALL OTHER PEOPLE TO JOIN US, FOR SUCCESS

CAN MEAN LIFE INSTEAD OF DEATH.

:.•."..•.-.•..--..-.---..•.----- •.........---

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WITHIN US, THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, THERE

IS EVIDENT A SERIOUS AND PURPOSEFUL REKINDLING OF CONFI-

DENCE, AND I JOIN IN THE HOPE THAT WHEN MY TIME AS YOUR

PRESIDENT HAS ENDED, PEOPLE MIGHT SAY THIS ABOUT OUR

NATION:

THAT WE HAD REMEMBERED THE WORDS OF MICAH AND

RENEWED OUR SEARCH FOR HUMILITY, MEBCY AND JUSTICE:

THAT WE HAD TORN DOWN THE BARRIERS THAT SEPARATED

THOSE OF DIFFERENT RACE AND REGION AND RELIGION, AND

WHERE THERE HAD BEEN MISTRUST, BUILT UNITY, WITH A

RESPECT FOR DIVERSITYj

THAT i';EHAD FOUND PRODUCTIVE WORK FOR THOSE ABLE

.TO PERFORM IT:

THAT WE HAD STRENGTHENED THE AMERICAN FM1ILY, WHICH,

IS THE BASIS OF OUR SOCIETY;

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THAT WE HAD ENSURED RESPECT FOR THE LAW, AND EQUAL

TREATMENT UNDER THE LAv1, FOR THE \'ffiAKAND THE POWERFUL,

THE RICH AND THE POOR;

AND THAT WE HAD ENABLED OUR PEOPLE TO BE PROUD OF

THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT ONCE AGAIN.

I WOULD HOPE THAT THE NATIONS OF THE HORLD HIGH'l'

SAY THAT WE HAD BUILT A LASTING PEACE, BASED NOT ON

WEAPONS OF WAR BUT ON INTERNATIONAL POLICIES WHICH

REFLECT OUR OWN MOST PRECIOUS VALUES.

THESE ARE NOT JUST MY GOALS, BUT OUR COMMON HOPES.

AND THEY WILL NOT BE MY ACCOMPLISH~ffiNTS, BUT THE AFFIR

MATION OF NATION'S CONTINUING MORAL STRENGTH AND OUR

BELIEF IN AN UNDIMINISHED, EVER-EXPANDING M1ERICAN DREAM.

PRESIDENT'S READING COPY

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H /\ S 0 0 ;'J c: T 0 HE A LOU R LAN 0 .

I;J TH I S OUTWARD AND PHYS I CAL CEF<C:-

A ;HJ ,) P I ;~ I T U A L S T R E N G THO F 0 URN A T ION .

A3 MY HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER, MISS

USED TO SAY," 1'1'-

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f\ij U~)TAD JUS T TOe H A !1-(illLG..., .._IJJYlE..S AND_.'-IlU."'·,...· .•~I.~ ~

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P f< C SID E ;~TIN 1 7 8 9, AND I H A V E JUS T

T A K E ;'J UiY 0 Wj~ 0 A T I-I 0 F 0 F Fie EON THE

BIBLe: ~y MOTHER GAVE ME A FEW YEARS

ASO, OPENED TO A T1MEL~SS ADMONITION••••••~ •. '._~_ :"-,U •• ~r. ••/f .••...,r".~.•..,..:,.~ •.t'lc-~""J.."~"':::I""i'o.:::d

F~O~ TH~ ANGIENT P~OPHET MICAH:

"He HATH SHOWED THEE, 0 MAN, WHAT

I~, •.••r 0 '"'I. \ ~,I0 'v 1-' :\ TOO T LI THE LOR 0I 0 \.J U i.J, r j'\l 'n, f\ I

i~ c: ~ U II~E G F THEE , BUT TO DO J ~§-IL Y ,

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'/' I -I' TIJYd I tl "I GOD." (MICAH 6:8)

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AND A NEV'I

SPIRIT AMONG US ALL. A PRESIDENT MAY

3 E I"J S E 1-\[;j 0 PRO C L A 1M· T HAT NEW S P IR IT,

~-; r ITbU o 1',1 L Y i\ P E 0 P LE CAN· PRO v IDE IT.

TWO ~ENTURIES AGO OUR.NATION'S

''', I .,)T IILJ i\ r.,.....- ..•....

11( ;'\ r",'" , ....oW r 0 A MILESTONE IN THE LONG

r, U..-'" T ,- 0' .-) - ;:).- -- I"" 0 ' ! BUT T 11r B 0 LOA \ I 0~ t:. ..:) j-;\ 1- 1.\t. t. U IVI,' "1 t. .. i\l~_"""'''''''''V''''''..i;''(''''';;;''''~''# _

B i~ILL I A;~ T 0 F~E AM WHie Ii E X C I TED THE.......... ,,-

FOUND:~RS OF OUR NATION STILL AWAITS••...... ~...

I HAVE NO NEW

o ;( ~ A;,:; TO SET F 0 ;~T H TOO A Y, BUT RAT H E ;~

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OURS WAS THE FIRST SOCltTY OPENLY

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SPIRITUALITY AND OF HUMAN LIBERTY.--...•. ,-.,.'.' ,,' ." -" ,'" ....•.... ,"'-,....-..-' ~ ..•~,....~..• '~.,,'...,•...•. ,.... , ,"'.

IT IS THAT UNIQUE SELF-D~FINITION

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JHICH HAS GIVEN US AN tXCEPTIONAL......---..---....•.....•----

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SIJILITY -- TO STAY CLOSE TO YOU, TO_:.r).l!..::.~J" •.J . .l.._.,t.·,"l.

,,'}0 ;-~THY 0 F YOU, AND TOE X E MP L I F Y

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OF UNITY AND

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AND YOUR WISDOM CAN

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L=T US LEARN TOGETHER AND LAUGH

TOG":THl:;~ A;'~D Wor~K TOGETHeR AND PRAY ~•••••. -,._ •. ~~ •••••.•••••. _1 _

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FIVE

TOGETHE~, CONFIDENT THAT IN THE END

WE JILL TRIUMPH TOGETHER IN THE RIGHT.

THe AMEr( I CAN DREAM ENDURES.

MU3T ONCE AGAIN HAVE FULL FAITH IN

OUR COUNTRY -- AND IN ONE ANOTHER~-BELIEVE AMERICA CAN BE BETTER.

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L~T OUR RECENT MISTAKES BRING A_____ .~.•.•,w..•.;q, •••••••••

I~E :::U j-~ G c: N T COM M IT MEN T TOT H E BAS IC---P [< I fJ C I P LE S 0 F 0 U!~ N A T ION, FOR VI E K NOW

THAT I F WE DES P I SE OUI~ OWN GO VERNME NT--\.H'":: L' ,'\\'C"ii L. It ;''\ ~'- NO FUTURE.

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WE I~ECALl IN

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SPECIAL TIMES WHEN WE HAVE STOOD~ .•.• __ • .ao

C~I~FLY, BUT MAGNIFICENTLY, UNITED;

IN THOS~ TIMFS NO PRIZE WAS StYOND_v;~· ··,,,···,,,·, ~..·~lV_"

ELECTROS"nWIC RE~tlODUCTION MADE FO~~SE~\fAl'ON PURPOSES-

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JUT :Nc. CAlljNOT DWELL UPON REMEMBEF<ED....,. '.-~" ~-' -;.-~...~

GLO:·(Y. ~E CANNOT AFFORD TO DRIFT.

;~c J t: C T THe PRO S PEe T 0 F F A I L UREO F<

li:'1 E 0 I0 C j~ IT Y 0 R A f'J IN FER lOR QUA LIT Y 0 F_1,".-- . __ - ~ ~.' - ••.••.

LIF~ FO~ ANY PERSON.

ou~ GOVERNMENT MUST AT THE SAME

T I j\; [ S ~ 30 THe 0 MPET E NT AND COM PAS S ION ATE .

~~ HAVE ALRFADY FOUND A HIGH DEGREE-...· • ...:..;-•.. I".. ~C'-.l:_'-.. ._ ." _

O~ P;~SONAL LIBERTY, AND WE ARE NOW

ST~UGSLING TO ENHANCE EQUALITY OF___ ••.•_ • __ ' ~~._~ w, •• ~.,,.'·•.-1ot~ ~Jllj,4._·~ •.•,_~.M~..c...l~

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OU~ ~ATURAL BEAUTY PRESERVEO· THE'- "'" ... -,,~---~--'-..._-- ~~ ~.,-,.~ .•.•.. 'PO 11 c: ;{ F U L fvi U S T NOT PER SEe UTE THE WE A K ,

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A ;\j 0 HUM AND I G NIT Y MUS T B l:. E N H A NeE 0 .

SEVEN

. ~ - .' -- r- '"' '\ "') I I V " r•.•E T ~rC" "J " T IJ 1\ T r \.1 r- ~J 0' U R';\l :.:.u L:.V 0 l· r\ Lib - '- f\ ,1 Ii. C. V C. P I-GRC:AT NATION HAS ITS RECOGNIZED LIMITS,

AND THAT WE CAN NEITHER ANSWER ALL-JU~STIONS NOR SOLVt ALL PROBLEMS. WE--. \ '\! "') ;--I.' ,. ',"v{"l,; ~i1-

AFFORD TO DO EVERYTHING, NOR

AFFORD TO LACK BOLDNESS AS WE

~ / ':7: :: -r T i ,C F U T U R"1:-hl1-:- I IlL.. I l-. SO TOGETHER, IN A

3PI~IT OF INDIVIDUAL SACRIFICE FOR THE-----"¢ ...~_...-'.~

G 0 ~J;r,':0 i\J GOOD, WEMU S T S IMP L Y 0 0 0 U ;~ BE ST.

o U j'( i'~A T I 0 f~ CAN 8 EST RON GAB R0 A 0-....---~'.....

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IF IT IS STRONG AT ~llU~E, AND-"""'-THAT THE BEST WAY TO ENHANCE

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- ') - - 0 r\ " r I '.1 r. T IJ C 'R' L' NO ("\r i\ ..:l:. i U L~ I~ U '1 ,-: j~d \) IS TO DEMONSTRATE

TO BE TRUE TO OURSELVES, WE MUST-•.•.•...•.......••••.

3~ TRUE TO OTHERS. WE WILL NOT BEHAVE

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~ULES A~D STANDARDS HERE AT HOME, FOR--...... •••_'ol••..;...••.•....•.~~··~-

--I r· r- (""", ;- 'J T I \ L TO IT''''' ,....T R!- \1 ~ T I {-J i:,\)0c.1\ 1-\ \) 0 L.l\lu·.

-----~.....-' --THE WOf{LD ITSELF IS NOW DOMINATED-

--,"-, .•... _ .•..._~-~~PEOPLES MORE NUMEROUS

A ;J 0 1'~;10 l~(c: POL I TIC ALL YAW ARE ARE C i:~A V I NG

\ 'J/-\ l\l ' IN THE

SUi\l -- l\~OT JUST j- Ot~ THE BENEF IT OF-THe I i-( 0 iN l~ P H YSIC ALe aND I T ION, BUT

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TI--I;=- PASS I ON FOF~ FREEDOM I S ON THE

--- TAPPING THIS NEW SPIRIT, THERE----.,~

NINE

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DAY OF A NEW BEGINNING THAN TO HELP

SHAPE A JUST AND PEACEFUL WORLD THAT••••.,.u'-~~H'~'~••..~" _'lj'l!~ .,..,•• A ••. .., !. v".,·~

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WE AR~ A STRONG NATION AND WE WILL....- ••_·· ••..••••••••••• 'A~ •••••••••_ .••••.••••-. •••_

MAI~TAIN STRENGTH SO SUFFICIENT THAT_ . -- .,"~,,\ ,:.'_ ..••......• ,. ~.

IT NEED NOT BE PROVEN IN COMBAT -- A

4~I~T STRENGTH BASED NOT MERELY ON

THE 31ZF OF AN ARSENAL, BUT ON THE--- •....."'.•.•..•.•."•..•..........•... ,

NOSILITY OF IOtAS.---- .•..•. ' ..

~~ HILL BE EVER VIGILANT AND

~~v~~ VULNERABLE, AND WE WILL FIGHT_4.,< . - . .,., _1,_'

OUR ~ARS AGAINST POVERTY, IGNORANCE

;~\;~D I i'~JUS TIC E, F 0 F< THO SEA RE THE

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~'iC ,,\R r.: A P f< a U 0 L Y IDE A LIS TIC i'~A T ION ,

IDFALISM

t.,. ~- "! I l"' I .•..•- ~ ~d' ;:. /\ l'\ i\j t ;:;0 .

3tCAU3E WE ARE FREE WE CAN NEVER

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:--L "... ,', ,.- ') ,-L.. 0i:::";inc.l\L.:.. OUR MORAL SENSE DICTATFS

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AGIJI~G ~~SPECT FO~ INDIVIDUAL HUMAN

WE DO NOT SEEK TO-- INTIMIDATE,••••••• ~·~·.w.!.I· .• " ••.••..;".<..r

BUT IT 13 CLEAR THAT A WORLD WHICH

CAN DOMINATE WITH IMPUNITY WOULD~"'~""'~"""""", .._,,,_.

DC I r-JHOS P I TABLE TO DECE NC Y AND A TI·IRE /\ T--TO Trlc 'j'J::LL-BE I NG OF ALL PEOPLE.

RECTROSlJiTIC ~~P~ODUCTlON'31AD'fvo~'~""RES~Rt1ATION PURPOSES

E LE VE N

"fl·..j C:~V 0 l~L 0 I S S T ILL E NGAG E DIN A

I ;':J S LH"(1=- CON TIN U I N G E QUI V A L l:. N T S T F{E N G T H

AMONG POTENTIAL ADVERSARIES. WE

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~FFORTS TO LIMIT THE WORLD'S ARMAMENTS

TO THOSE NECESSARY FOR EACH NATION'S_.~._.,.,r~'"...•.••~...

O 1, I "i •.•, ('" '1 .• ,-r, 1" I C'" ,', J' F r- T YI ~.~(\I U urill.:. v ,.).\ c. •- •.--,.""."•.•. ,.• "'~"':""-'."'-!" -. "," ''''''.,' :"'~"'''''i~'''·-''''

WE WILL MOVE THIS

Y~A~ A STEP TOWARD OUR ULTIMATE GOAL --

';'}::. u aGE ALL 0 THE l~ PE 0 P LET 0 J 0 I N

Or:: 0::- i\ T 1'·.1l L.r I •...•.•...... -

CAN MEAN LIFt. INS TEAD

,'/ I T H I NUS, THE PE 0 PLEO F THE UNIT E 0

STATES, THERE IS EVIDENT A SERIOUS AND~.~"-,._ .•. '

ELEC-rS<OSTiWIC REPRODUCTION MADE FORi.1E5:ERVAnON FURPOSE:

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A rJ 0 I J 0 I i··J INTH E HOP E T HAT W I-IE N M Y-TIM~ AS YOU~ PRESIDENT HAS tNOEO,--.... .-~._",......., -..-..-

P~OPLE MIGHT SAY THIS ABOUT OUR NATION:

o F r'~":I G A H A i'~0 RE Nc.. tv E 0 0 UR SEA RC H F 0 ;~,

H U iv: I LIT Y, ME F<C Y AND JUS TIC E ;--T HAT '.;':1C 1-,1A 0 TO C< (J DO IN NTH E 0 A R l~ I E RS--_ ...•~_..•..•. ~_..•_ •...••

THAT 3~~ARATED THOSE OF DIFFtRENT RACE

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BUILT U~JTY,~ •..,....~...~.~" .•.~.,..

FOF( DIVERSITY;-"" ...-

T HAT /l E HAD F 0 UNO PRO 0 U C T I V t. W0 f{ K

TOP t. F(F 0 f~M IT;- ~_•.•...

THIRTEEN

TIL~T WE HAD STRENGTHENED THE

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I 10ULD HOPE THAT THE NATIONS O~

TH~ ~O~LO MIGHT SAY THAT WE HAD BUILT

A L,\3 T I I\JG PEACE, BASED NOT ON ~lJEAPONS

'VAL!I:--:C'U._V.-~-~._..__ .-_.

T 1-,1E S L:. A r~E NOT JUS T M Y G 0 A L S, BUT--AND T 1··1E Y W ILL NOT

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MATION OF OUR NATION'S CONTINUING MORAL

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TWO'

H~R: r- B>-FOR';- ~,p,r 11""\ TH' BlrlL- U"""Ot.; Co t:. i C. JIJI C. I 0 C. DC.::;; t.

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IN THE INAUGURATION OF OUR FIRST

PRtSIDENT IN 1789, AND I HAVE JUST

, .;, T A K t:. N MY 0 WN a A THO r 0 F Fie EON THE"j ~,~

OPENED TO~ATIMELESS ADMONITIONAGO,

BIBLE MY MOTHER GAVE ME A FeW YEARS

FROM THE ANCIENT PKOPHET MICAH:

_.

"HE HATH SHOWED THEE, OMAN, WHAT..•......• '._~ ...

IS GOOD; AND WHAT OOTH THE LORD....... ~

RE Q U,IRE, 0 F THE t., 8 UT TOO 0 JUS T L Y ,• ~4~-

AND TO LOVE MERCY, AND TO WALK HUMBLY~ ---~~

WITH~THYGOO.·~ (MICAH 6:8)--

THIS INAUGURATION CEREMONY MARKS. "'-"-""~O;M:AH ~~

A NEW BtGINNING, A NEW DEDICATION~~'.""""''''_~fno·~

WITHIN OUR GOVERNMENT, AND A NEW~,#. I., ~

.<

TH<.::)-I f\ l:. t::

SP I R I T AMONG - U§;.;'.ALL.~~ <},'.., .

-\1..

A PRESIDENT MAY

.....;\ISc- !\r-.,JO PROnLA:'I'P.P, TH·I\-l ;'l!:"ull'"">pIDIT'-..) Co 1'II L- J'-\ I, . j . LJ ',' jv I h I\J L- 'r1':) I\ "',

BUT 0 NL YAP t. 0 P LE CAN" PRO v IDE IT. ,..

Two··: n-E 'N·;ru R I i=" ~ A'GO· 0 U R N'A" T 1·0 ;-.1 , ~1~ "., \,)':1-1" l.- v ' I _ I " i'IJ v.'"",;,;, ....~-

B I }~T H WAS A'M I L E S TO NE I NTH I:. LON G'"-QUEST FOR.·FREEDOlvi, 'BUT THE BOLD AND

~ ~ ,-,..:....•.••.....• ~- -~_.",

B ft I L L:li\ N.;T 0 REA il/i WHie HEX C I T rOT HE"',. ,

i\l c- Hi1'4 i- f.HAVE NOITS CUNSUMMATION.__ 6.-,

j \j -H:- O'LD ui'""l r"'\.' A!\lj'4 I t. i""l\ C. IVL--"'-..~~_..•_._-,~

"

OURS WAS THE FIRST SOCltTY OPENLY

ITSEL~ IN TtRMS O~ 80TH

SPIRITUALITY AND OF HUMAN LIBeRTY.

IT IS THAT UNIQUE SFLF-OtFINITION-

tOUR '"

WH1,CH HAS GIVEN US

APPEAL -~ BUT IT ALSO

t.XCEPTIONAL----------I ~~PO;"' ~ ("'> ,... 'Ii 1IeiV, ;,) C. 0 U i\l U V ..•.. ,.

A SPECIAL OBLIGATION -- TO TAKE ON..---------_.~_.-_--~..-- --

THO"'" c ~,~oR1 i'L D-UT I c·...., IS!-H" l nIl l!.jH::- "d. ;;:,1- f'f'i j J'-\ l...~ ~~I - ; LJ n, h I 1- l'i~ -- .,

O UR A \~1 !\ I l"'"'I r- 1"'\ TIN" T'- Dr- ,-.T"'"• 1 . 1~l\i d t. ~j - C I \ l:.0 ~.--- --------

,.YOU HAV.c. 'GJVE·.N fvlE A GREAT RESPON-

~1~I'LI-I$ TO' ~TA·Y nL~S- r T~ YOU TO-$ 0 - ~'< •••• \),' lj U -c. U , .-: ,\~ ,:;' •• ~"''''"1 •.•••;.v_,'~

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il:-' lUQ R THY OC ',vOU A ·\1 0D C. iV I . :. -:, : r-;'~2~il t. , • I\I••••_ ••_ .•••_ , ' ".{'.I, ;}'" ti ,~' "'..

WH AT'Yo-U :A.RE.; '-'Li:. T US- ' .

TO EXeMPLIFY

CREATFTOGETHER. ..

A N 1:: Vi NA T I Q,NAL:;: S P I f{, I T 0 FUN I T Y AND_______ ~......,.~.4:'nl~~':-':;";.;!!'l~U"~;~ •••4~~---".'-.~-.r-,,..- .•...• ~ ••

Ti~UST. YOUR STRENGTH CAN COMPENSATE

H;:- L P TO l\ ~ I "1'.1I ~V~II '·Z}:" PJ Y i';t' I c: T A K-(:' ~-~I '- IVI " I" •••• IVI IV. _ v I 1"\ "l... \J •

LET US LEARN TOGETHER AND LAUGH•.•...----..--

TOGtTHER AND WORK TOGETHER AND PRAY,)~ , ..

FIVF

I ",I TI: ri\J M Co t:ND

\ .• 'r- .~J iLL T R I UHp H TOr- r T I I r- 0 I ~, T ( . ,- R J '"' HTV1c.. ~~ i lvl ' u t. It l:. ~\ ("J H t. i lJ, •

THEAMlRICAN DR~AM ENDURES.",

MUST ONCE AGAIN HAVE FULL FA.ITH~.'" "":.... ~ , ~ ~

IN

OUR COUNTRY -- AND IN ONE ANOTHtR~-Rt./"'""LIC"V,r- A~H-'RI('A rlA"'J sr nrTT:-R'u i:.. t. 'h'l t. r u f LJ" j\ C. D C. C. \. _

CAN BE STRONGt:.R T Wi 1'\ r·,1 B C" IT.:"0 0 j:"j'"\lll i- 1\1.._

LtT OUR RtCENT MISTAKES BRING A_ ~ _A _

R;- S URGt NT CO MtvlI TME NT TO TH!- BAS Ie.•.----.~

P R I N C I,P Li:. S.· O.F 0 U 11 NA T ION, FOR WE K NOW""

THAT IF WE DESPISE OUR OWN GOVERNMENT- . -....-

We HAVE NO FUTURE . •~,'r- R'- n ALL I":~1t. ! t. G N

"',~r n I A L T I ~~r '~ 1M 11( C' :\\'1111- H A \f i r"' TOO 0'o I i:.. u IV: t. v U~ L IIJ \ J L. 1 Ij C. 0

8~1~~LY, BUT MAGNI~ IC~NTLY, UNIT~D;~ ••.••.a~'IW''''' ~,,.''"'-''''''' .••~,p_"",,,,~,, "":_'~' .• _-.J;;.~ •• "",",,",,,"-

IN THOSE TIM~S NO PKIZt BEYOND

(

SIX,

BUT

GLORY. W~ CA~NOT A~FORD TO DRIFT.

RtJtCT THe PROSPECT OF FAILURE OR

~ MEDIOCRITY OR AN INFERIOR QUALITY OF

" .. L I C' C C" 0 R: ~ '\i Y P C" R SO;"iJ ' I 1- I I 1-\ I~ 1- I 1\1 •

OUR GOVtRNMENT MUST AT THE SAM~~ ~.. --..,

TIMt Be BOTH COMPETENT AND COMPASSIONATt.

WE HAVE ALR~ADY FOUND A HIGH DEGREE

O~ PtRSONAL LIBFRTY, AND WE AR~ NOW

S T RUG GL I NG TOE NH A NeE, E QUA LIT Y a F..A - ~~~ ~ .••••.•• - i'~'''''''''''''''''''''' ~ •

OPPORTUNITY.· OUR COMMITMtNT TO HUMAN. -,. -~- - -,.' ...• .- -- --

RIGHTS MUST BE ABSOLUTE, OUR LAWS FAIR,..,....-...-. ~-U~ ••••••••••••••• _

OUR NATURAL BEAUTY PRESERVtD· THt~ -~.~ -. _.~ - .. ~ '

PONERFUL MUST NOT PtKSECUTc THE WEAK,~....-- J.. •• '..J.~~_"- •• "'-~••.

A ;~0 HUM AN' 0 I GNIT Y ivi US T B t. i:. NHA NeE D .

SEVEN

Wt. HAVE LtARNED THAT "MORI:." IS NOT------

NECESSARILY "BETTEi=(", TllAT tVEN OUR

G REA T N A T ION .H A SIT S R 1:. COG N I ZED L I M ITS , .- "'~ ,., .•..•. ~~., .,- .. ~ ~

AND THAT W~ CAN NEITHER ANSW~R ALL

QU~STIONS NOR SOLV~ ALL PROBLEMS. WE

CANNOT .AF~ORD TO DO EVERYTHING, NOR-A r •..0 ,-. 0- -.- t'•••'f'l i\ IU lACK BOLDNeSS AS WE

Mtt.T THE FUTURE.......- .. '

i''i Tu"'~r-Tl'''''R 111.1 A;,JU UL. nt.J, :~

SPIRIT OFINDIVIDUAL SAf")\~ I C I ,'")~FORTHE:UI i WI...------~ ........•

GOMMONGOOD,

~I"rfv'lU S T~ I ~1 D L YDOOURor""'-

'Ji C. v l~jl uc.w I .•...-~

OUR NATION CAN BE STRONG ABROAD-ONLY, IF

••..•• '", I'

IT . .IS STRONG ATt-LOME, AND

KNOW THAT THE BEST WAY TO -"I"~I""'" "j. ~Ant t •C. l;~n' j'J\.J c.--

~R~~DOM IN OTHER LANDS IS TO DEMONSTRATE---~SYSTEM IS

~O~THY OF FMULATIO~.--4JI4 -- .• -

,

EIGHT

·,

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.:\.~.... ,"")

TOBF TRUE TO OURSELVES, W~ MUST

BE"TRUE TO OTHERS. WE WILL NOT BEHAVt~~~.~.~.~.~..~,~."•.•. ~

RULES AND STANDARDS HtRE AT HOMt, ~OR~

.-

IN,;' ,F 0 REI GNP LAC 1:. S S 0 AS TO V I 0 LA T E 0 UR" .' '~lli-', .•ril

l'!,

'v,...,..., K '1 r .~I ..•.." i' T' T H""r-' .. T"""" 1"-" T "". J I n H 0 U 'R \':I A T I ('\ '"':i'1 t.. ' (\ U ~'~ . i i11-\ ,. ,t: ;-(U~ . l'y h lJ i .'.: 'l\i 1 I U 1'1

tARNS IS ESStNTIAL TO ITS STRENGTH.-. ' ~-

THe. WORLD . I TSl:.LF IS NOW DOMINATtD-•"•.,. '!,

~ J)' ..

BY ·A NEW ':SP I R IT.,' PEOPLES MORE NUMEROUS

AND MORE:~OLll~CALlY AWARE ARE CRAVING." ; _ ,,~

AND 'Na W 0 1:. MAN 0 I N G THE I R P LAC E I NTH l:.---- ~.' ,.;~.. -.•... -

'v,.';!-: i

SUN -- NOT Ju§r FOR THE BENEFIT OF'.--- ~"':' -. _.-

THeiR OWN PHYSICAL CONDITION, BUT-,--..•~FOR BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS.

--""""~~1.00:.::....a;.;)<'''r~~~~~-:>·-

TH~ PASSION FOR FREtDOM IS ON THt-------~._-

RISE. TAPPING THIS NEW SPIRIT, THERE--- -

CAN BE NO NOBLER NOR MORE AM8JTIOUS

TASK rO~ AMERICA TO UNDFRTAKc ON THIS

DAY OF A NEW BEGINNI~G THA~ TO HELP-_4_W ,..__., _.__.'-' .

SHAPj- A JUST AND PEACEFUL WORLD THAT:

IS TRULY HUMANE.~-"---~-;""""--'''-='''''

WE ARc A STRONG ~ATION AND Wt WILL

MAINTAIN STRtNGTH SO SUF~ lelENT THAT

IT NE~D NOT BE PROVEN IN COM3AT -- A

~UIET STRENGTH BASED NOT MtRELY_______ ~---_ ...._--_ ..-..t--- ...-.

THb Sl7E OF AN ARStNAL, BUT ON THE---" ~ •.--NOBILITY OF IOtAS.----.-- .. -~.

,\,.,- :Ii ILL B:- ,--v,.-:) V I t"' I L ' !\' T A" ~~.~t. w 1:. i:. t. f\ . LJ A r~ I i'~U

VULNt.RABLt., AND Wt WILL ~ IGHT

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__ .,•.•...,..•_ .••.•.••.......•... ~ ~.. "-~' .'""', "".- ....•.,..,. ......•..•

OUt< WAl=<S AGA i NST POVtRTY, I GNORANCt"." """"'-~ •...•.•. -'.--- .•." --~~.

A~D INJUSTICt, FOR THOSE ARETHt

EA/6~MJbS ;4 G ,(JldJ"/Wh'JCrl

T'- ~d .I C. i'l

CAN---B~ HONORABLY MARSHALLtO.-------,-

WE ARE A PROUDLY'IOi=ALISTIC NATION,

INDIFFtRENT TO THE FATE OF FRFEDOM

OUR IDFALfSM

- R ....,..... "f - C A -,' .. ~ \{;- R!- "-. '-" ''ie" l- ,1\ I ;< j '- ,- •.I I l.....!... J' L.. 111 iIJL- \ L...l

-

Bt.CAUSE WE

;....U T L i- T 7'1 n a (\,'r"o I: c.. j' u ' I\J :.

.,.· -H.., I In

- L .....- 'HH- R't:. ~ t. w Co ~ Co". OUR MORAL SENSE DICTATtS

t f A CLEARCU'T PREFERENCE FOR THOSE~-SOCIETIES WHICH SHARE WITH US AN---ABIDING RtSPECT FOR INDIVIDUAL HUMAN, ----"--

::)1f"IT""f\ \:JH 0. WE DO NOT StEK TO INTIMIDATE,~ ~~ ••.,,!•••~",*

RIITuU IT I~ rL~A~c THA:T A wnu,oln wHI0Hv v 1- '" Inn l\.,- /.J •• l.J.-OTHFRS CAN DOMINATE WITH IMPUNITY WOULD...,.-.... ---

'-4l - ..••.•••. .BE INHOSPITABLE TO DECENCY AND A THR1-AT- -TO THE WELL-BEING OF ALL PEOPLt .

••••••••••.•••••..••• ~Y1it<~~'O'" I

IIf

TH~ ]ORLD IS STILL ENGAG~O IN A

".,\ ,..."""' I 'I '..- ,\R' >\ ~ A ~ 1r \1 T ,,",,IV: 1-\ ~ 0 • t. M' lVl' IV C. I~ ~pO ~

I i\1SUliF CONT'I NU I NG t.QU I VAL~- NT STRENGTH--AMONG POTENTIAL ADVERSARIFS. " '\~:-~r- L - D' E :<, p r R'-" ,- V r R A ~J!')r A' i\l 0 '.p I ,-"0 f"\ !l. " I \/ 0 U R'(' 1-' LJ, ',::; Co' .::; t. c. i 1\ G c.. i IIJ I Vi ~ U IV: i\;l .

___ ,.~-:,"aic.:.<.~~';:'~~

TO THOSt N~C~SSARY FOR EACH NATION'S

OWN DOMESTIC SArETY. WE WILL MOVF THiS-\( i:: :l. i:) A' C: T C" r-p T U'-' 1M A' R'0 O'U R:,' U L T I ~q i\ -I C' (' 0' A"Ll...r\ i\ .' v l.... I i~ I l I ,Ii. n L-:.J - --THE eLIMINATION Or ALL NUCLEAR WEAPONS----j- ROM TI-II S EARTH.--

--

WE URGE ALL OTHER PEOPLt TO JOIN

us , FOR SUCCESS~ ••••• ,;.w;:;: ••-,,-.

n"\' "!-A" LI'-'-I • A ''11 .',,"'-) :\, 1'- !-U Iii lVil.... I'll- I NSTl:.AD

"".- 0- i\ -11Ui- t.}"\ln.

WITHIN US, THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED

( THEat. IS ~VIDENT A SERIOUS AND--'*.,-~

· ,--------

T"'-LVWi:. i:.

PURPOSEFUL R~KINDL'NG O~ CONFIDtNCt,

AND I JOIN IN THE HOPF THAT WHtN MY-TIMt AS YOUR PRESIDENT HAS FNDED,---- --PEOPL~ MIGHT SAY THIS ABOUT OUR NATION:

THAT WE'" HAD REMEMBc..RtD THt:. WORDS

OF MICAH AND RENeWED OUR SEARCH FOR-HUMiliTY, MERCY AND JUSTICE;-

THAT WE HAD TORN DOfiN THE SARRltRS

THAT S~PARATED THOSE OF DIFFERENT RACE

AND REGION AND RELIGION, AND WHtRE- ~. ---THeRE HAD BEtN MISTRUST, BUilT UNITY,

~., ....--..~ -----

WITH A RESPtCT FOR DIVERSITY;

THAT Wt:.HAD FOUND PRODUCTIVE WORK

FOR THOSE ABLE TO PtRFORM IT;~

C"THAT Wt HAD STRENGTHENED THE

OF OUR SOCieTY;

'.:l! L'l I ()l..JfJj- LJ11 IS THE BASIS-~-"

THAT l~f C", H'{\, D'Hi... n t. NS U KED l:,z ESP E G T ,nR·i U.

AND tQUAL TREATMENT UNDER

""1"'"1Llri iC. ~OR THE WEAK AND THE POWER-

FUL, THE RICH AND THE POOR;

AND THAT WE HAD ENA3LtO OUR PEOPLt

TO BE PROUD OF THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT

ONCt. AGAIN.

WOULD HOPE THAT THt NATIONS Or

THF WORLD MIGHT SAY THAT WE HAD BUILT-••....---A LAS T Il~ G .- - A '"' r. -P' I'"c.. .uc., ;.....· ;-.,rD"! 0 TO" , "1"- ~ n 0 ~I'"':-< H" ,... '\" '''I ;'1 '- i •.•• ~\."W r'\0 l.... l~· 1\4 1'fL_ r 1 l'lv

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o~ WAR BUT ON INTERNATIONAL POLICI~S--

AND THEY WILL NOT

~:.;"

--

.i

1"0' UR·T=-\:"~lr I l... l- l\l

WHICH RtFLECT OUR OWN MOST PRtCIOUS

VALUi:.S ..

THESE ARE NOT JUST MY GOALS, BUT

O·U R';'" C'···o PlHv10 ":, LIO P 1.:' ~. ~{;? .. IviI' 1'6 l L u •, r~~~,'>,'Ii

Bt MV ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BUT THt AFFIR-

MATION OF OUR NATION'S CONTINUING MORAL

STR:-NGTH AND OUR Bt..LIEFIN ~AN UNDIM-- --

INlSHED, EVER-EXPANDING AMERICAN DREAM~-

INAUGURAL SPEECH

FOURTH DRAFT

G-vr

T~ ~a-{;f vYv+~

D'YYl~ Jlt-!-i/lAY s-u-~ m5

fu,rv ~ ().;J2 ryrSL . }t/

FOR MYSELF AND OUR NATION, I WANT TO THANK MY PREDECESSOR

FOR ALL HE HAS DONE TO HEAL OUR LAND.

HERE BEFORE ME IS THE BIBLE USED IN THE INAUGURATION OF OUR

"HE HATH SHOWED THEE, 0 MAN, WHAT IS GOOD; AND WHAT DOTH

AND TO WALK HUMBLY WITH THY GOD." (MICAH 6: 8)

THE LORD REQUIRE OF THEE, BUT TO DO JUSTLY, AND TO LOVE MERCY,

A TIMELESS ADMONITION FROM THE ANCIENT PROPHET MICAH:

FIRST PRESIDENT IN 1789J~~I HAVE JUST TAKEN MY OWN OATH OF

A .(~OFFICE ON THE BIBLE MY MOTHER GAVE ME ~~YEARS AGO, OPENED TOA

4-~i,SIN ~'l't1:1tt-'WE'-o'B3'Eft~e1)1'r-Y..,-eNeEAGAIN ITI'flIIAN OUTWARD

~l'\eQ. CL9cl ,- .

AND PHYSICAL CEREMONY WE ATTEST~TO THE INNER AND SPIRITUAL STRENGTH

OF OUR NATION. ~S ALWAYS, THIS PASSAGE MARKS THE CONTINUITY OF

PAST PROMISE;I'AND THE HOPE FOR NEW BEGINNING~

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FOURTH DRAFTPAGE TWO

THIS INAUGURATION CEREMONY MARKS A NEW. BEGINNING, A NEW

, 4S a..t/.DEDICATION WITHIN OUR GOVERNMENT, AND A NEW SPIRIT AMONG ~HH

~j~PhB. A PRESIDENT MAY SENSE AND PROCLAIM .. NEW SPIRIT,

BUT ONLY A PEOPLE CAN PROVIDE IT. ~ Jv ~

~ -+LV)

A FRESH FAITH IN THE OLD DREAM: ~ - ---~~ .5...• ~ IR~~

~OO~ '1 ~ v" ~~

SOCIETY OPENLY TO DEFINE ITSELF INOURS WAS THE FIRST

TWO CENTURIES AGO OUR NATION'S BIRTH WAS A MILESTONE IN

~ J THE LONG QUEST FOR FREEDOM, BUT THE BOLD AND BRILLIANT DREAM,.,1f.' J eX'Jkd

t'tt.- WHICH ENTRANCED THE FOUNDERS OF OUR NJl.TION STILL AWAITS ITS

IIf [ ••••,1 ~ k..f1ir-1.-.. s-d t:,~ <f-[:ON~TIONJ I HAVE NO NEW DREAM TO~ BUT RATHER URGE

TERMS OF BOTH SPIRITUALITY AND19!J HUMAN LIBERTY. IT IS THAT~ ~c...-f-f~I·-'--R.

UNIQUE SELF-DEFINITION WHICH HAS GIVEN US ~ TRANSCENDENT)

APPEAL -- BUT IT ALSO IMPOSES ON US A SPECIAL OBLIGATION~~HAT

-f-o ~ fQ.f .~. ~ ~"'-OBLIGATION LIES IN THE ASSUMPTION 0!1THOSE MORAL DUTIES WHIC~

WHEN ASSUMED~SEEM INVARIABLY TO BE IN OUR OWN BEST INTERESTS.I

:ota>orrI.., .o

FOURTH DRAFTPAGE THREE

YOU HAVE GIVEN ME A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY -- TO STAY CLOSE

TO YOU, TO BE WORTHY OF YOU, AND TO EXEMPLIFY WHAT YOU ARE. LET

US CREATE TOGETHER A NEW NATIONAL SPIRIT OF UNITY AND TRUST. YOUR

STRENGTH CAN COMPENSATE FOR MY WEAKNESS, AND YOUR WISDOM CAN HELP

TO MINIMIZE MY MISTAKES.

LET US LEARN TOGETHER AND LAUGH TOGETHER AND WORK TOGETHER

AND PRAY TOGETHER, CONFIDENT THAT IN THE END WE WILL TRIUMPH

TOGETHER IN THE RIGHT.

THE AMERICAN DREAM ENDURES. tJ. 1H1>4/ ;,,'C j"':"" ~L.'k,~ ~ c-"....,;-> 7 - 4+t 01' /~ ~ c.- ~ . .:;~:.u-. ,c.~ ~ k"v-. A/~ ~A..... k r~~ '~a-. ~~~ .

LET OUR RECENT MISTAKES BRING A RESURGNIT COMMITMENT TO THE

BASIC PRINCIPLES OF ~~~;i;~JFOR WE KNOW THAT IF WE DESPISE

OUR OWN GOVERNMENT WE ~~~ ...~~~~~.' ~." .•....•

r-~ .' .. 'QuI- AJfli/oN ;4AJ;

\. WE RECALL IN SPECIAL TIMES WHEN &E HAVE]STOOD BRIEFLY, BUT

MAGNIFICENTLY, UNITED; IN THOSE TIMES NO PRIZE WAS BEYOND OUR

GRASP. PBUT WE CANNOT DWELL UPON R~ERED CLORY. WE CANNOT

FOURTH DRAFTPAGE FOUR

AFFORD TO DRIFT. WE REJECT THE PROSPECT OF FAILURE OR MEDIOCRITY

OR AN INFERIOR QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ANY PERSON.

~f1,OUR GOVERNMENT MUST .AT THE SAME TIME BEACOMPErENT AND

...-D

COMPASSIONATE. It OUR NATION CAN BE STRONG ABROAD -ONLY IF IT"'-.d

IS STRONG AT HOME, fAm)l WE IrnOW THAT THE BEST WAY TO ENHANCE

r~ ~ (1:11£ \FREEDOM FOR OTHERS _IS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT OUR DEMOCRATIC


WE HAVE ALREADY FOUND A HIGH DEGREE OF PERSONAL LIBERTY, .-c-.cl

[~WE ARE NOW STRUGGLING TO ENHANCE EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY.

OUR COMMITMENT TO HUMAN RIGHTS MUST BE ABSOLUTE, OUR LAWSNAlu~AL .

FAIR, OUR~OnL~JfD BEAUTY PRESERVED; THE POWERFUL MUST NOT

PERSECUTE THE WEAK, AND HUMAN DIGNITY MUST BE ENHANCED.

/~--t,..i I.-/~ff q ~C .,,/ ~ ;n4 ;A:t.~~ WE HAVE LEARNED THAT "MORE" IS NOT NEGES'SARILy"BErTER, THAT •o /~)

EVEN OUR GREAT NATION HAS ITS RECOGNIZEb LIMITS, AND THAT WE CAN. cfl ,4

NEITHER ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS NOR S@~ ALL PROBLEMS. af~ Ca,.,IW lr~/~ ~' /1,,:/ / /147 ('et'v we.. ~1/J~. ~.d/~_ .. ~ '~~ / tA.,?L. yu(/~ 744. 4~1..~~/4..-~ ~Cr?lZ-mr7f-/~/ ~/??1~ ~~ e:£ ~ ~

TO BE TRUE TO OURSELVES, WE MUST BE TRUE TO OTHERS. WE WILL

1M{P"'''''''' I-..L... 10 ,... f.NOT BEHAVE ~OAJ) HiI--ir I'ThY wm;clL.wOULJ~ VIOLATE OUR RULES AND STANDARDS~ .

HERE AT HOME, FOR WE KNOW THAT THE TRUST WHICH OUR NATION EARNS

FOURTH DRAFTPAGE FIVE

IS ESSENTIAL TO ITS STRENGTH.

--.... -.

WE ARE A STRONG NATION AND WE WILL MAINTAIN {fJ STRENGT

RIGHTS. .~J

~iC (j JPI1if I'

~I~N FOR FREEDOM/!N'~Illl-WQR~IS ~ THE ~S0 1II1S~ ~ Ji

TAPPING THIS NEW SPIRIT, THERE CAN'BE NO - NOBLl'l!eIt..-- k,>t,1.;,)'-'6)1")AMBITIOUS TASK FOR AMERICA TO UNDERTAKEON THIS DAY OF A d.tift . 'J-{ vi ;rt'

NEW BEGINNING THAN TO HELP SHAPE A JUST AND PEACEFUL WORLD I (){II""' ~ vtt;' rTHAT IS TRULY HUMANE. 1;f1' /.Jl- I

j, V/ I.P ,(f;,)../ rl1~/1/v

~

THE WORLD ITSELF IS NOW DOMINATED BY A NEW SPIRIT ~ ~

PEOPLES MORE NUMEROUS AND MORE POLITICALLY AWARE~VING AND ~ ~

NOW DEMANDING THEIR PLACE IN THE SUN -- NOT JUST FOR THE

BENEFIT OF THEIR OWN PHYSICAL CONDITION, BUT FOR BASIC HUMAN

SO SUFFICIENT THAT IT NEED NOT BE PROVEN IN COMBAT -- A QUIEr

STRENGTH BASED NOT MERELY ON THE SIZE OF AN ARSENAL, BUT ON

THE NOBILITY OF PUR-IDEAS.

J w-- ~"I#AA '

WE WILL BE EVER VIGILANT AND NEVER VULNERABLE, FIGHTHftr"OUR WARS AGAINST POVERTY, IGNORANCE AND INJUSTICE, FOR THOSE

~.,,,,.,.•.bl 'IARE THE ENEMIES AGAINST WHICH OUR FORCES CAN BE ~ MARSHALLED.

",.--"""'>CITI"n 'o

FOURTH DRAFTPAGE SIX

WE ARE A PROUDLY IDEALISTIC NATION, BUT LEI' NO ONE

CONFUSE OUR IDEALISM WITH WEAKNESS. BECAUSE WE ARE FREE

WE CAN NEVER BE INDIFFERENT TO THE FATE OF FREEDOM ELSEWHERE./VlD (<...Po L \

OUR ASEN~ [!!F- HORJU.I'1'Y]DICTATES A CLEARCUT PREFERENCE FOR THOSE

SOCIEI'IES WHICH SHARE WITH US AN ABIDING RESPECT FOR INDIVIDUAL

HUMAN RIGHTS.

WE DO NOT SEEK TO INTIMIDATE) BUT IT IS CLEAR THAT A

WORLD WHICH OTHERS CAN DOMINATE WITH IMPUNITY WOULD BE

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INHOSPITABLE TO DECENCY AND~ONTRARt]TO THE WELL-BEING OF

ALL PEOPLE.

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FOURTH DRAFTPAGE SEVEN

~':l-.J17THE WORLD IS STILL ENGAGED IN A MASSIVE ARMAMENTS RACE ~,,~ ,l~~+

DESIGNED TO INSURE CONTINUING EQUIVALENT STRENGTH AMONG

POTENTIAL ADVERSARIES. WE PLEDGE PERSEVERANCE AND WISDOM

IN OUR EFFORTS TO LIMIT THE WORLD'S ARMAMENTS.$ THOSE NECESSARY

FOR EACH NATION'S OWN DOMESTIC SAFETY WE WILL MOVE THIS YEAR

A STEP TOWARD OUR ULTIMATE GOAL -- THE ELIMINATION OF ALL NUCLEAR

WEAPONS FROM THIS EARTH.

WE URGE ALL OTHER PEOPLE TO JOIN US, FOR SUCCESS CAN ..

MEAN LIFE INSTEAD OF DEATH.

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WITHIN US, THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES 4HERE IS EVIDENTserl Ot.-L S . 'fI.;

A(SOMB~ AND PURPOSEFUL REKINDLING OF ~ c.~d..-.c.~J a.-.cl

FOURTH DRAFTPAGE EIGHT

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I ~J HOPE THAT WHEN MY TIME AS .YOUR PRESIDENT HAS ENDED,

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DIFFERENT -RACE AND REGION I!:?D SEVAND RELIGION, AND WHERE THERE . _ /

~ ----~C/~.I-HAD BEEN MISTRUS':; BUILT UNITY, WITH A RESPECT ,FOR DIVERSITY; ~tI'tj ~-'d~~£

jl/~S6 ~t..L M~-.s-qLTHAT WEM FOUND PRODUCTIVE WORK FOR AL ~UR P~OPLEJABLE{~~L. ft,dATO PERFORM IT;

THAT WE [!IAnJ STRENGTHENED THE AMERICAN FAMILY, f3.HICH I~ THE

BASIS OF OUR SOCIEI'Y;

THAT WE /'EA.D) ENSURED RESPECT FOR THE LAW, AND EQUAL TREATMENT

UNDER THE LAW, FOR THE WEAK AND THE POWERFUL! "'fJ~lS Rlc..l~ AfJb 'THe.. PODf?- i

AND THAT WE ~ ENABLED OUR PEOPLE TO BE PROUD OF THEIR

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FOURTH DRAFTPAGE NINE

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~ ••.•.rr r,,;J..e.INTERNATIONAL POLICIES WHICH REFLECT OUR~EEPEST MORAL VALUE~

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OUR NATION'S CONTINUING MORAL STRENGTH.JOUR BELIEF IN AN

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