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81Jimmy Carter: Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Thursday, January 20, 1977 For myself and for our Nation, I want to thank my predecessor for all he has done to heal our land. In this outward and physical ceremony we attest once again to the inner and… …
82Grover Cleveland: First Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Wednesday, March 4, 1885 In the presence of this vast assemblage of my countrymen I am about to supplement and seal by the oath which I shall take the manifestation of the will of a great and free people. In the… …
83Grover Cleveland: Second Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Saturday, March 4, 1893 In obedience of the mandate of my countrymen I am about to dedicate myself to their service under the sanction of a solemn oath. Deeply moved by the expression of confidence and personal… …
84Bill Clinton: Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Wednesday, January 21, 1993 Today we celebrate the mystery of American renewal. This ceremony is held in the depth of winter. But, by the words we speak and the faces we show the world, we force the spring.… …
85Calvin Coolidge: Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Wednesday, March 4, 1925 No one can contemplate current conditions without finding much that is satisfying and still more that is encouraging. Our own country is leading the world in the general readjustment to the… …
86Dwight D. Eisenhower: First Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Tuesday, January 20, 1953 My friends, before I begin the expression of those thoughts that I deem appropriate to this moment, would you permit me the privilege of uttering a little private prayer of my own. And I ask… …
87Dwight D. Eisenhower: Second Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Monday, January 21, 1957 THE PRICE OF PEACE Mr. Chairman, Mr. Vice President, Mr. Chief Justice, Mr. Speaker, members of my family and friends, my countrymen, and the friends of my country, wherever they may be …
88James A. Garfield: Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Friday, March 4, 1881 We stand to day upon an eminence which overlooks a hundred years of national life a century crowded with perils, but crowned with the triumphs of liberty and law. Before continuing the onward… …
89Ulysses S. Grant: First Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Thursday, March 4, 1869 Your suffrages having elected me to the office of President of the United States, I have, in conformity to the Constitution of our country, taken the oath of office prescribed therein. I have… …
90Ulysses S. Grant: Second Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Tuesday, March 4, 1873 Under Providence I have been called a second time to act as Executive over this great nation. It has been my endeavor in the past to maintain all the laws, and, so far as lay in my power, to act …
