Inaugural Speech Drafts - Notes and Suggestions [1-2]

[Inaugural Speech Drafts-Notes and Suggestions] [1] Folder Citation: Collection: Office of Staff Secretary; Series: 1976 Campaign Transition File; Folder: [Inaugural Speech Drafts-Notes and Suggestions] [1]; Container 2 To See Complete Finding Aid: http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov/library/findingaids/Staff_Secretary.pdf 12/- 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 bestwoed on me. I would not be worthy of this office if I did not also feel in some measure inadequate to meet the responsibilities that 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 hiw own strength multiplied and his success made possible, so long as he is faithful to Those who have put their trust in him. It is traditional that a President, upon taking the PRESERVATION PURPOSES oath of office, should restate his goals and purposes. The ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR tradition is a proper one, for the person who assumes the office is not the same person who pursued it. He will have 2. been sobered by victory and humbled by the immensity of the task ahead. The question is no longer how effectively 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. We have been divided by war and idsillusioned 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 your anguish, I have also seen your vast wellsprings of hope and optimism and determination. Those enduring strengths are there, waiting to be called forth, waiting to be given voice. This ceremony marks a new beginning, and I call today for a new spirit in our land, a new dedication to these United States of America. PRESERVATION PURPOSES Let our new spirit be one of unity. ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR Let our new spirit be one of trust Let our new spirit be one of determination to heal the divisions of the past and grasp the possibilities of the 3. 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 create patriotism, if we can foster volunteerism, if we can restore 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 servious. We have today high unemployment, high inflation, slow economic growth, and record federal deficits. We must learn to live within our resources. We in 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. 4. An yet 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 again. 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 come 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 PRESERVATION PURPHASES 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 they reich or poor, famous or obscure, must be dealt with death delpt swiftly, firmly, and impartially. To that end, I will nt my instruct my attorney general to set in motion a complete reorganization of our federal system of justice. 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. - 6 - 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 PRESERVATION PURPOSES a government is not how popular it is with the privileged ELECTION And REPRODU REPRODUCTION CTRON MADE FOR few, but how honestly and fairly it serves the powerless many who must depend on it. - 7 - We must also remember thatonly 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 personal security and political freedom. It is our duty, as the heirs of the American Revolution, to support that spirit of freedom all across the planet. TOday, for the first time in history, there is truly 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 and main innocent men, women, and children, be forewarned today that our patience is exhausted and our arms are swift. - 8 - 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 destruction 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 generous as well as strong, compassionate as well as vigilant. - 9 - A strong nation, like a strong person, need not constantly prove its strength. Let weak nations be blustering and impulsive; a our strong 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 enomies which truly threaten batt legrounds where our real vital interests, are at at stake. 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 PRESERVATION PURPOLES a people who know that hard work can make dreams TIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR come true. 10 - 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. - 11 - 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. # # # INAUGURAL SPEECH FIRST DRAFT B As my high school teacher said long ago: N/A J Pm "We have to adjust to changing times and still hold out for michanging principles" is the Bible used when George Washington and was Currn Here in before as me our applies speaks to as first President, my own I HAVE JUST TAKEN THE OATH OF OFFICE ON A BIBLE MY a verse which still MOTHER GAVE ME MANY YEARS AGO -- OPENED TO AN ADMONITION which 3 often This to Seleven AND A PROMISE FROM GOD TO KING SOLOMON STILL APPLICABLE speaks to us 3000 years after God gave this adminition TO OUR PEOPLE, OUR LEADERS, AND OUR CREAT NATION. and promise to King Solomon: "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." (2 CHRONICLES 7:14) with God's help, it is time for an land to be heeled. THIS INAUGURATION CEREMONY MARKS A NEW BEGINNING, A NEW SPIRIT AMONG OUR PEOPLE, AND A NEW DEDICATION WITHIN OUR GOVERNMENT. NO ONE PERSON CAN NURTURE AND ENHANCE THIS SPIRIT. BUT IT IS THE GENIUS OF OUR DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY THAT THOSE ELECTED TO PUBLIC OFFICE CAN SOMETIMES EMBODY THE ASPIRATIONS AND STRUGGLES OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE. THIS IS HOW STRENGTHS ARE MULTIPLIED AND SUCCESS MADE POSSIBLE ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION.MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES FIRST DRAFT PAGE TWO A PRESIDENT MAY DETECT AND ANNOUNCE A NEW SPIRIT; ONLY A PEOPLE CAN PROVIDE IT. IT MUST BEGIN WITHIN MANY INDIVIDUALS, WITH A COMMON REALIZATION OF OUR NEW OPPORTUNITIES. YOU HAVE GIVEN ME A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY -- TO TRY TO STAY CLOSE TO you AND TO AND To ft CLOSE TO A EXEMPLIFY WHAT YOU ARE, YOUR STRENGTH CAN COMPENSATE FOR MY WEAKNESS, AND YOUR WISDOM CAN HELP TO MINIMIZE MY MISTAKES. strive to LET US, CREATE TOGETHER A NEW NATIONAL SPIRIT OF UNITY AND TRUST. LET US STRIVE TOGETHER. LET US LEARN together together together AND LAUGH, AND WORK AND PRAY TOGETHER, CONFIDENT THAT IN THE END WE WILL TRIUMPH TOGETHER IN THE RIGHT. watershed in was a milestore TWO CENTURIES AGO OUR NATION'S BIRTH APPEARED TO long human BE THE PULPILLMENT OF THE QUEST FOR ^ FREEDOM. OURS WAS THE FIRST SOCIETY OPENLY TO DEFINE ITSELF IN TERMS OF Both SPIRITUALITY THE SPIRITUAL AND OF HUMAN LIBERTY. UNIQUE SELF- DEFINITION IT IS THAT (UNIQUENESS) WHICH HAS GIVEN US A TRAN- SCENDENT APPEAL -- BUT IT ALSO IMPOSES ON US A SPECIAL MORAL OBLIGATION. WE HAVE LEARNED THAT OUR GREATNESS LIES IN THE ,when ernensustamed assumed, ? ASSUMPTION OF THESE MORAL DUTIES, WHICH, SEEM INVARIABLY sustained TO BE IN OUR OWN BEST INTERESTS. ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES The bold and brilliant dream which en franced the founders of am nation still awaits its consummation. I have no new dream to relate, but urge a new faith FIRST DRAFT in the old dream. PAGE THREE We recall Those times when we have stood briefly, A but magnificatly, united; in those times no prize was scople) beyond an greap. But we cannot dwell upon remembered glory. AS WE BEGIN OUR THIRD CENTURY IT IS WELL TO CONSIDER B once ag aim our WHAT WE HAVE BEEN AND WHAT WE OUGHT TO BE. WE HAVE PRO- democratic system has given us its singular combination of con tinuity and change VIDED BOTH GOVERNMENTAL CONTINUITY AND A FRAMEWORK FOR growth. CONSTANT AND DRAMATIC POLITICAL CHANGE. progress. found WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE A HIGH DEGREE OF PER- SONAL LIBERTY AND WE ARE NOW STRUGGLING TO ENHANCE EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY. THE YEARS AHEAD WILL NOT BE EASY ONES, BUT WE HAVE IN THE PAST FACED MANY DIFFICULTIES AND PREVAILED -- BECAUSE WE ARE A PEOPLE WHO KNOW THAT HIGH PURPOSE AND HARD WORK CAN MAKE THE NOBLEST DREAM COME TRUE. [when IF WE ARE INSPIRED BY CHALLENGE AND ADVERSITY, THEN SURELY GREATNESS [CAN'S BE OUR NATION s REWARD. is WE CANNOT AFFORD TO DRIFT. WE MUST STRIVE TO END WEAK DISCRIMINATION, TO PROTECT THE QUALITY OF OUR LIFE TO- reduce ELIMINATE WASTE, TO CONTROL CRIME, TO PUT OUR PEOPLE TO REDEGAVIZATION WORK, TO STRENGTHEN OUR FAMILIES, TO INSURE FAIR TAXA- TION, TO PROTECT PERSONAL PRIVACY, AND TO SET AND ACHIEVE WORTHY GOALS IN AGRICULTURE, HEALTH CARE, EDUCATION AND IN THE SUPPLY OF ENERGY. Our government must to at the same time be Competent and compassionate. ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES FIRST DRAFT PAGE FOUR FORTUNATELY, OUR RECENT MISTAKES AND THE RESULTING DOUBT AND DISTRUST HAVE FORCED OUR 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, AND THE SAME. America is many nations in one, America " not just a place; it 15 an idea. WE HAVE COME THROUGH MANY TIMES OF TESTING AND we have learned that TRIAL, OF DISAPPOINTMENT AND CONCERN. ^ EVEN OUR OWN- NATION THATWE GREAT GOVERNMENT HAS ITS RECOGNIZED LIMITS, AND A CAN NEITHER ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS NOR SOLVE ALL PROBLEMS. BUT THE AMERICAN DREAM PERSISTS. WE REJECT THE PROSPECT OF FAILURE OR MEDIOCRITY OR OF AN INFERIOR QUALITY OF LIFE. OURS IS A TRADITION OF LEADERSHIP AND PROGRESS, OF COMPASSION AND COMPETENCE. OUR NATION'S BEST IS STILL AHEAD. UPON WE CAN DEPEND ON OUR OWN QUIET STRENGTH, BASED NOT MERELY ON THE SIZE OF AN ARSENAL, BUT ON THE NOBILITY OF OUR IDEAS. ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE R FIRST DRAFT PAGE FIVE TO BE TRUETO OURSELVES, WE MUST BE TRUE TO OTHERS. The itself - NOW OUR WORLD ISANOW 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 THEIR, OWN PHYSICAL THE R own BASIC BETTERMENT OF THE HUMAN CONDITION, BUT FOR A FUNDAMENTAL PP The desire for RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. 1 FREEDOM IN THE WORLD IS ON THE RISE. TAPPING THIS NEW SPIRIT, WE MUST HELP TO SHAPE A just and peaceful world n WORLD 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 than to THE WORLD STILL LOOKS TO US FOR LEADERSHIP. OURS WE WILL MAINTAIN A IS A STRONG NATION AND IT WILL REMAIN STRONG, WITH STRENGTH (Emple so ADEQUATE THAT IT NEED NOT BE PROVEN IN COMBAT. Sufficient WE HAVE NO FEAR OF PEACEFUL COMPETITION. WE KNOW THAT THE TRUST WHICH OUR NATION EARNS IS ESSENTIAL TO ITS STRENGTH. FIRST DRAFT PAGE SIX helpother nations WE WILL SEEK LASTING AGREEMENTS [IN THOSE AREAS OF THE WORLD] WHERE THE PRESENT BALANCE IS FRAGILE AND WHERE PEACE SEEMS A TEMPORARY STATE. abroad WE WILL NOT BEHAVE IN ANOTHER COUNTRY 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 nobly rightly OUR FORCES CAN BE WORTHILY MARSHALLED. nobly honorably WE WILL HELP TO BUILD A JUST AND PEACEFUL WORLD ORDER. But WE MUST BEWARE OF ILLUSIONS. FOR A LONG TIME TO be vig. lant, and COME WE MUST, COMBINE PEACEFUL COMPETITION WITH INCREASING RESOLVE others EFFORTS TO ACCOMODATE WITH SOME [OTHER NATIONS] OUR EXISTING DIFFERENCES. 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 NEVER WE ARE FREE, WE CANNOT BE INDIFFERENT TO THE FATE OF FREEDOM ELSEWHERE. FIRST DRAFT PAGE 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. we will be ever vigilant and never vulverable 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 OF ALL PEOPLE. 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 ALL as we are concerned MUTUALLY SUPPORTIVE; AND [CONCERN] FOR HUNGRY PEOPLE IN we must meat OTHER NATIONS [MUST BE MATCHED BY MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE DISADVANTAGED IN OUR OWN LAND. suffering WE CAN HELP TO REDUCE [HUNGER], INJUSTICE, POLLUTION, THE THREAT OF WAR, AND THE OPPRESSION OF INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE. WE SEE THAT OUR COMMITMENT TO HUMAN RIGHTS can MUST BE ABSOLUTE, AND THAT OUR LAWS MUST BE FAIR, OUR world's that NATION S BEAUTY PRESERVED, THE POWERFUL NEED NOT PER- that SECUTE THE WEAK, AND HUMAN DIGNITY CAN BE ENHANCED. FIRST DRAFT PAGE EIGHT but still WE ARE STILL MILITARILY SECURE,A AND ENGAGED IN A worldwide designed MASSIVE ^ ARMAMENTS RACE, TO INSURE CONTINUING EQUIVALENT among STRENGTH WITH OUR POTENTIAL ADVERSARIES. TO ALL THE WORLD WE PLEDGE PATIENCE, RESTRAINT AND EFFORTS TO LIMIT WISDOM IN OUR UNENDING SEARCH FOR PEACE (WITH THE WORLD'S TO ARMAMENTS LIMITED To] THOSE NECESSARY FOR EACH NATION'S OWN DOMESTIC SAFETY) WITH OUR ULTIMATE GOAL THE ELIMI- ALL NATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS FROM THIS EARTH. SUCCESS CAN MEAN LIFE INSTEAD OF DEATH as architects WE URGE ALL OTHER PEOPLE TO JOIN US IN A CONCERTED of peace. AND AGRESSIVE EFFORT TO REALIZE THESE COALS xit America +5 many nations 110 one. may OUR RECENT SERIOUS MISTAKES CAN BRING A RESURGENT Despair about COMMITMENT TO THE BASIC VALUES OF OUR NATION. HATRED OF OUR OWN GOVERNMENT WILL LEAVE US NO FUTURE. A WE MUST ASSESS OUR FAULTS, TOLERATE DIVERSITY, REC- OGNIZE OUR PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS, AND YET REMEMBER THAT THE AMERICAN DREAM IS NEITHER OUTDATED NOR DIMINISHED. AMERICA IS NOT JUST A PLACE, BUT AN IDEA. REPRODUCTION FIRST DRAFT PAGE 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 SPEECH SECOND DRAFT On behalf of 1myself for and our nation, I want to thank my predecessor, who has done 50 much to heal an fand. V HERE BEFORE ME IS THE BIBLE USED WHEN GEORGE WASHINGTON in1789, WAS SWORN IN AS OUR FIRST PRESIDENT, AND I HAVE JUST TAKEN the one MY OWN OATH OF OFFICE ON A BIBLE MY MOTHER GAVE ME MANY YEARS STILL AGO -- OPENED TO A VERSE WHICH SPEAKS TO US (3 3,000 YEARS AFTER ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR GOD GAVE THIS ADMONITION AND PROMISE [TO TO KING SOLOMON: SOLOMON] an admonition given to us 2500 years ago by The prophet Micah: PRESERVATION PURPOSES "IF MY PEOPLE WHICH ARE CALLED BY MY NAME SHALL HUMBLE option I 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." (2 CHRONICLES 7:14) Under The stewardship of my predecessor, and WITH GOD'S HELP, [IT IS TIME FOR OUR LAND has TO bequn BE HEALED. THIS INAUGURATION CEREMONY MARKS A NEW BEGINNING, -A NEW SPIRIT AMONG OUR PEOPLE, AND A NEW DEDICATION WITHIN OUR GOVERNMENT, and a new spirit among am people. (more than 2560 years after the prophet Mical gave this admonition: "He hath showed thee, 0 man, what is good; and option what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, II and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with they God" (Micah 6:8) ) SECOND DRAFT PAGE TWO but A PRESIDENT MAY DETECT AND ANNOUNCE A NEW SPIRIT; a ONLY A PEOPLE CAN PROVIDE IT. byslaying YOU HAVE GIVEN ME A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY -- [To TRY TO to stay and to represent 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. If we despire our own government, we have no future. LET US [STRIVE STRIVE TO] TO 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 IN THE LONG QUEST FOR HUMAN FREEDOM. strong because it 18 many nations in one but [The United States of America is, not just a place, the an ,dea.] ] OURS WAS THE FIRST SOCIETY OPENLY TO DEFINE ITSELF human IN TERMS OF BOTH SPIRITUALITY AND LIBERTY. SECOND DRAFT PAGE THREE IT IS THAT UNIQUE SELF-DEFINITION WHICH HAS GIVEN US A TRANSCENDENT APPEAL -- BUT IT ALSO IMPOSES ON US A SPECIAL [MORA] OBLIGATION. those OUR GREATNESS LIES IN THE ASSUMPTION OF [THESE] MORAL DUTIES WHICH, WHEN ASSUMED, SEEM INVARIABLY TO BE IN OUR OWN BEST INTERESTS. A $ AS WE BEGIN OUR THIRD CENTURY IT IS WELL TO CONSIDER WHAT WE HAVE BEEN AND WHAT WE OUGHT TO BE. The Civil War IS over, but The American Revolution continues. Miss JuliaColeman AS MY HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER SAID LONG AGO: "WE HAVE TO ADJUST TO CHANGING TIMES AND STILL HOLD OUT FOR UNCHANGING PRINCIPLES." " ONCE AGAIN OUR DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM HAS GIVEN US ITS SINGULAR COMBINATION OF CONTINUITY AND CHANGE. already WE HAVE FOUND A HIGH DEGREE OF PERSONAL LIBERTY AND WE ARE NOW STRUGGLING TO ENHANCE EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY. To historical trust and revere the past while seeking new visions 13 the, rhythm of American strength and achievement. ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES SECOND DRAFT PAGE FOUR THE BOLD AND BRILLIANT DREAM WHICH ENTRANCED THE FOUNDERS OF OUR NATION STILL AWAITS ITS CONSUMMATION. A I HAVE NO NEW DREAM TO RELATE, BUT URGE A NEW fresh FAITH IN THE OLD DREAM. likely OUR RECENT SERIOUS MISTAKES MAY, BRING A RESURGENT COMMITMENT TO THE BASIC VALUES OF OUR NATION, because we know that If we despise we have DESPAIR ABOUT OUR OWN GOVERNMENT [WILL LEAVE US NO + FUTURE. in special WE RECALL, THOSE 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, ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES SECOND DRAFT PAGE FIVE HEALTH CARE, EDUCATION AND IN THE SUPPLY OF ENERGY. OUR GOVERNMENT MUST AT THE SAME TIME BE COMPETENT AND COMPASSIONATE. FORTUNATELY, OUR RECENT MISTAKES AND THE RESULTING We are *sbeing forced 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 GOVERNMENT ONE AND THE SAME. to [ AMERICA IS MANY NATIONS IN ONE 7 AMERICA IS NOT JUST A PLACE; IT IS AN IDEA. ] (3) WE HAVE COME THROUGH MANY TIMES OF TESTING AND TRIAL, OF DISAPPOINT ment AND CONCERN. ] We have are learning That "more" is not necessarily batter, and know WE CHAVE LEARNED] THAT EVEN OUR GREAT NATION HAS ITS RECOGNIZED LIMITS, AND THAT WE CAN NEITHER ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS NOR SOLVE ALL PROBLEMS. ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PURPOSES SECOND DRAFT PAGE SIX lines on endures BUT THE AMERICAN DREAM PERSISTS. We have already found a high degree of personal liberty, and A we are struggling yo enhance equality of apportunity. WE REJECT THE PROSPECT OF FAILURE OR MEDIOCRITY OR AN INFERIOR QUALITY OF LIFE, for any person. OURS IS A TRADITION OF LEADERSHIP AND PROGRESS, OF COMPASSION AND COMPETENCE. OUR NATION'S BEST IS STILL AHEAD. this whichis WE CAN DEPEND UPON [OUR OWN] QUIET STRENGTH, A BASED NOT MERELY ON THE SIZE OF AN ARSENAL, BUT ON THE NOBILITY OF OUR IDEAS. THE WORLD STILL LOOKS TO US FOR LEADERSHIP. we are OURS IS A STRONG NATION AND WE WILL MAINTAIN A STRENGTH so SUFFICIENT THAT IT NEED NOT BE PROVEN IN COMBAT. WE HAVE NO FEAR OF PEACEFUL COMPETITION. ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES SECOND DRAFT PAGE SEVEN WE KNOW THAT THE TRUST WHICH OUR NATION EARNS IS ESSENTIAL TO ITS STRENGTH. 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. passion THE DESIRE 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 AGREEMENTS structure of of power or good will WHERE THE PRESENT BALANCE, IS FRAGILE AND WHERE PEACE SEEMS 400will A TEMPORARY STATE, and we urge all other peoples to order join us as architects of peace. ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES SECOND DRAFT PAGE 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. But never let morality be confused with weakness. BUT WE MUST BEWARE OF ILLUSIONS, and FOR A LONG TIME TO COME WE MUST BE VIGILANT, AND COM- BINE PEACEFUL COMPETITION WITH INCREASING EFFORTS TO RESOLVE WITH OTHERS OUR EXISTING DIFFERENCES. ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES SECOND DRAFT PAGE NINE do not WE, SEEK NOT 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 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. is OUR NATION CAN BE STRONG ABROAD ONLY IF ITA STRONG AT HOME, and the best way to enhance freedom abroad for other IS to insume the demonstrate that own democratic system 13 stroup and effective. worthy 8 emulation. 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. ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES SECOND DRAFT PAGE TEN WE CAN HELP TO REDUCE SUFFERING, INJUSTICE, POLLUTION, THE THREAT OF WAR AND THE OPPRESSION OF [INVOLUNTARY] 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. Although we are WE ARE MILITARILY SECURE, BUT STILL ENGAGED IN A MASSIVE WORLDWIDE ARMAMENTS RACE DESIGNED TO INSURE CONTINUING EQUIV- ALENT STRENGTH AMONG POTENTIAL ADVERSARIES. Fervor persenterance WE PLEDGE [PATIENCE, RESTRAINT AND WISDOM IN OUR EFFORTS TO LIMIT THE WORLD'S ARMAMENTS TO THOSE NECESSARY FOR EACH and will move thisyear toward a step toward NATION'S OWN DOMESTIC SAFETY, A WITH 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. ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES SECOND DRAFT PAGE ELEVEN within us, WE, THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, ARE STRONG AND WITHIN US THERE IS EVIDENT A SOMBER, PURPOSEFUL, INEXORABLE REKINDLING OF HOPE. cherish 1 WE MUST ASSESS OUR FAULTS, TOLERATE DIVERSITY, RECOGONIZE OUR PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS, AND YET REMEMBER THAT THE AMERICAN DREAM IS NEITHER OUTDATED NOR DIMINISHED. [ 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 7 II 13 good As the revew our search for justice, mercy, and humility [A. our third century beques.] It is time to ask [aur government and] In a new spirit of freedom and commitment, "Dolog not The best?" it is time to remember the ancient prophet, and to renew our search for humility, mercy, and justice. ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES INAUGURAL SPEECH THIRD 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 MANY YEARS AGO OPENED TO AN ADMONITION GIVEN TO US 2500 YEARS AGO BY THE PROPHET MICAH: "HE HATH SHOWED THEE, O 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 SPIRIT AMONG OUR PEOPLE. THIRD DRAFT PAGE 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. 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 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 DRAFT PAGE 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 DUTIES WHICH, WHEN ASSUMED, SEEM INVARIABLY TO BE IN OUR OWN BEST INTERESTS. AS WE BEGIN OUR THIRD CENTURY IT IS WELL TO CONSIDER WHAT WE HAVE BEEN AND WHAT WE OUGHT TO BE. 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 FRESH FAITH IN THE OLD DREAM. ONCE AGAIN OUR DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM HAS GIVEN US ITS SINGULAR COMBINATION OF CONTINUITY AND CHANGE. THIRD DRAFT PAGE 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, 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, HEALTH CARE, EDUCATION, AND IN THE SUPPLY OF ENERGY. OUR GOVERNMENT MUST AT THE SAME TIME BE COMPETENT AND COMPASSIONATE. THIRD DRAFT PAGE 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 RECOGNIZED LIMITS, 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. OUR NATION'S BEST IS STILL AHEAD. THE WORLD STILL LOOKS TO US FOR LEADERSHIP. THIRD DRAFT PAGE 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. WE HAVE NO FEAR OF PEACEFUL COMPETITION. WE KNOW THAT THE TRUST WHICH OUR NATION EARNS IS ESSENTIAL TO ITS STRENGTH. 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 BENEFIT OF THEIR OWN PHYSICAL CONDITION, BUT FOR BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS. THE PASSION FOR FREEDOM IN THE WORLD IS ON THE RISE. THIRD DRAFT PAGE SEVEN 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 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. 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 CLEAR- CUT PREFERENCE FOR THOSE SOCIETIES WHICH SHARE WITH US AN ABIDING RESPECT FOR INDIVIDUAL HUMAN RIGHTS. THIRD DRAFT PAGE 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. 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. THIRD DRAFT PAGE 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. 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. WE CAN HELP TO REDUCE SUFFERING, INUSTICE, POLLUTION, THE THREAT OF WAR AND THE OPPRESSION OF 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. ALTHOUGH MILITARILY SECURE, WE ARE STILL ENGAGED IN A MASSIVE WORLDWIDE ARMAMENTS RACE DESIGNED TO INSURE CONTINUING EQUIVALENT STRENGTH AMONG POTENTIAL ADVERSARIES. THIRD DRAFT PAGE 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 -- 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. 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 SPEECH THIRD DRAFT FOR MYSELF AND OUR NATION, I WANT TO THANK MY PREDE- FOR ALL HE HAS DONE / CESSOR, WHO HAS DONE 30 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 BIBLO 2 TAKEN MY OWN OATH OF OFFICE ON THE / ONE MY MOTHER GAVE ME AS A Boy MANY 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, 7 A NEW DEDICATION WITHIN OUR GOVERNMENT, AND A NEW SPIRIT AMONG OUR PEOPLE. ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES THIRD DRAFT PAGE TWO (SENSE AND PROCLAIM) 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 110 BE WORTAY OF you, 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. as -l have said so many times before l our special in treats nothing. l owe you the people every thing. LET US 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. OUR COUNTRY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS STRONG BECAUSE IT IS MANY NATIONS IN ONE; AND NOT JUST A PLACE, BUT AN IDEA. MILESTONE TWO CENTURIES AGO OUR NATION'S BIRTH WAS A WATERSHED IN THE LONG QUEST FOR FREEDOM. ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES THIRD DRAFT PAGE THREE OURS WAS THE FIRST SOCIETY OPENLY TO DEFINE ITSELF IN TERMS OF BOTIE SPIRITUALITY AND HUMAN LIBERTY. IT IS THAT UNIQUE SELF-DEFINITION WHICH HAS GIVEN US AND IT A TRANSCENDENT APPEAL -- BUT IT ALSO IMPOSES ON US A SPECIAL OBLIGATION. OUR GREATNESS LIES IN THE ASSUMPTION OF THOSE 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 WHAT WE HAVE BEEN AND WHAT WE OUGHT TO BE. THE BOLD AND BRILLIANT DREAM WHICH ENTRANCED THE FOUNDERS OF OUR NATION STILL AWAITS ITS CONSUMMATION. LBATHER I HAVE NO NEW DREAM TO RELATE, BUT / URGE A FRESH FAITH IN THE OLD DREAM. ONCE AGAIN OUR DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM HAS GIVEN US ITS SINGULAR COMBINATION OF CONTINUITY AND CHANGE. ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES THIRD DRAFT PAGE FOUR OUR RECENT MISTAKES MAY LIKELY BRING A RESURGENT COMMITMENT TO THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF OUR NATION, BECAUSE FOR WE KNOW THAT IF WE DESPISE OUR OWN GOVERNMENT WE HAVE NO FUTURE. WE RECALL SPECIAL 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. 3 WE MUST END DISCRIMINATION, PROTECT THE WEAK, REDUCE 1 1 - WASTE, CONTROL CRIME, PUT OUR PEOPLE TO WORK, STRENGTHEN 3 OUR FAMILIES, INSURE FAIR TAXATION, PROTECT PERSONAL PRI- VACY, AND SET AND ACHIEVE WORTHY GOALS IN AGRICULTURE, HEALTH CARE, EDUCATION, AND IN THE SUPPLY OF ENERGY. OUR GOVERNMENT MUST AT THE SAME TIME BE COMPETENT AND COMPASSIONATE. ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES THIRD DRAFT PAGE 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 RECOGNIZED LIMITS, 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. OUR NATION'S BEST IS STILL AHEAD. THE WORLD STILL LOOKS TO US FOR LEADERSHIP. ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES THIRD DRAFT PAGE 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. One lies ... hamp. WE HAVE NO FEAR OF PEACEFUL COMPETITION. WE KNOW THAT THE TRUST WHICH OUR NATION EARNS IS ESSENTIAL TO ITS STRENGTH. 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 BENEFIT OF THEIR OWN PHYSICAL CONDITION, BUT FOR BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS. THE PASSION FOR FREEDOM IN THE WORLD IS ON THE RISE. ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES THIRD DRAFT PAGE SEVEN FINER 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 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. WE WILL FIGHT OUR WARS AGAINST POVERTY, IGNORANCE AND INJUSTICE, FOR THOSE ARE THE ENEMIES AGAINST WHICH Jus/Ly OUR FORCES CAN BE NOBLY MARSHALLED. do rotwishto donot withto 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. ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESTRVATION PURPOSES THIRD DRAFT PAGE EIGHT DETARMINED TOREMAIN, BECAUSE WE ARE FREE WE CAN NEVER BE INDIFFERENT TO THE FATE OF FREEDOM ELSEWHERE. WE ARE A PROODLY IDEALISTIC NATION, BOT LET NOONE CONFUSE OUR WE MUST BEWARE OF ILLUSIONS, AND NEVER LET MORALITY BE CONFUSED WITH WEAKNESS. DOMINATE OTHERS 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. INTHIS IMPERFECT WORLD MUST 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. WE WILL BE EVER VIGILANT AND NEVER VULNERABLE. FOR THIRD DRAFT PAGE 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. 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. WE CAN HELP TO REDUCE SUFFERING, INUSTICE, POLLUTION, THE THREAT OF WAR AND THE OPPRESSION OF 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. ALTHOUGH MILITARILY SECURE, WE ARE STILL ENGAGED IN A MASSIVE WORLDWIDE ARMAMENTS RACE DESIGNED TO INSURE CONTINUING EQUIVALENT STRENGTH AMONG POTENTIAL ADVERSARIES. ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES THIRD DRAFT PAGE 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 -- 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. 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. 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[A NEW SPIRIT MUST SPRING FROM OUR SHARED REALIZATION OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT LIE AHEAD.] ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES INAUGURAL SPEECH JANUARY 8, 1977 PAGE TWO WE STAND AT A CROSSROADS IN HISTORY. WE HAVE LIVED THROUGH DIFFICULT TIMES, AND THE FUTURE WILL NOT BE EASY. When chailenge and are Then is Surely BUT IF ADVERSITY [IS] OUR INSPIRATION, GREATNESS [CAN BE OUR REWARD. conston they OUR GOVERNMENT MUST PROVE ITSELF WORTHY OF TRUST. withyouple The of OUR GOVERNMENT MUST ALSO PROVE ITSELF COMPETENT TO MEET could more bosis up. THE CHALLENGES THAT LIE AHEAD, BOTH AT HOME AND ABROAD. of jure "gost as god as as people" LET OUR NEW SPIRIT BE ONE OF DETERMINATION. LET US theme 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 TOGETHER , IN THE RIGHT.) ? AS WE FACE THE CHALLENGES OF THE FUTURE, WE CAN BE INSPIRED BY THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE PAST. 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. a belief both in the supremary 4 God and the dignity (peedom?) of Man. ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES INAUGURAL SPEECH JANUARY 8, 1977 PAGE THREE THAT UNIQUE SELF-DEFINITION HAS GIVEN OUR NATION A TRANSCENDENTAL APPEAL, AND IT HAS ALSO IMPOSED ON US A SPECIAL MORAL OBLIGATION. TO BE TRUE TO OURSELVES, WE MUST BE TRUE TO OUR IDEALS, WE MUST ASSUME OUR MORAL RESPONSIBILITIES, BOTH IN OUR OWN NATION AND IN THE WORLD COMMUNITY.] set [repeat "people "thome here- at start 1 domester section] gout must AT HOME, WE MUST PROTECT PERSONAL LIBERTY AND CONTINUE re jed THE STRUGGLE FOR EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL PEOPLE. efficient computer people who are empassiones passionate WE MUST STRIP AWAY SECRECY IN GOVERNMENT. because HONEST, ETC. 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. ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES INAUGURAL SPEECH JANUARY 8, 1977 PAGE FOUR 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. ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES INAUGURAL SPEECH JANUARY 8, 1977 PAGE FIVE WE MUST ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT ONLY IF WE PURSUE JUSTICE AT HOME CAN WE WIN RESPECT ABROAD. 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. like our domestic policy OUR FOREIGN POLICY CAN BE GREAT ONLY IF IT REFLECTS n move up NOT ONLY THE STRENGTH OF OUR PEOPLE, BUT THE MORALITY, start THE DECENCY, AND THE COMPASSION OF OUR PEOPLE. F.P. to section ul must julier Ne feed idea that polay WE MUST NOT BEHAVE ABROAD IN WAYS WHICH VIOLATE THE character ? STANDARDS WE OBSERVE AT HOME. YOU AND I WOULD NOT PLOT of people MURDER, AND NEITHER MUST THE AGENTS OF OUR GOVERNMENT. ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES AS A FREE PEOPLE, WE CANNOT BE INDIFFERENT TO THE FATE OF FREEDOM ELSEWHERE. HR WE MUST BE THE CHAMPIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, AND THE ENEMIES OF TYRANY MK WHEREEVER IT EXISTS, including is tyrong of senselen (errorism) WE MUST REMEMBER THAT A NEW SPRRIT IS SWEEPING THE ENTIRE WORLD TODAY, AS MORE AND MORE PEOPLE AND NATIONS DEMAND PERSONAL SECURITY AND POLITICAL FREEDOM. MEN AND WOMEN EVERYWHERE ARE SEEKING AN END TO POVERTY, ILLITERACY, DISEASE AND XXXR 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 MORELY ON THE SIZE OF OUR ARSENAL BUT ON THE STRENGTH OF OUR IDEALS. WE SEEK THE FRIENDSHIP OF EVERY NATION, AND WE DRIVET 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 DISFERENCES. OURS [IN] A STRONG NATION AND MUST REMAIN STRONG, WITH A MILITARY MIGHT so APPARENT THAT IT NEED NOT BE PROVEN IN CMMBAT. PRESERVATION PURPOSES ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR OUR POWER MUST BE A CONSTANT AND CREDIBLE FACTOR OF WORLD STABILITY. NO ONE NEED DOUBT THAT WE WILL DEFEND OUR REAL AND VITAL INTERESTS, HONOR OUR COMMITMENTS AND SAFEGAARD OUR ALLIES. WE PLEDGE TO ALL THE WORLD THAT WE WILL PURSUE PEACE WITH PASSION AND WITH PATIENCE. WE WILL WORK FOR EEACE, AND WE WILLL PRAY FOR PEACE, AND, GOD WILLING, WE WILL HAVE PEACE ] IN THAT QUEST, WE WILL SEEK A WORLDWIDE REDUCTION IN NUCLEAR WEAPONS. OUR GOAL MUST BE THE EMENTMAE ELIMINATION OF NUCELAR WEAPONS FROM THE MEARTH. THAT GOAL MAY SEEM DISTANT TO USK TODAY, BUT LET HISTORY SAY, "THEY MADE A START." LET OUR WARS BE FOUGHT AGAINST POVERTY, AGAINST INEORNA IGNORANCE, AGAINST DISEASE, AGAINST INDUSTICE, WHEREWER THEY EXIST, IN THIS NATION OR ANY OTHER. WE ASK EVERY OTHER NATION ON EARTH TO JONN WITH US IN THIS GREATEST OF UNDERTAKINGS. WE LIVE IN A TIME OF CHANGE, AND THAT EERY CHANGE SHOULD BE A CHALLENGE TO US. I RECALL WHAT MISS JULIA COLEMAN, A SCHOOLTEACHER WHO HAD A GREAT IMPACT ON MY LIFE, SAID MANY YEARS AGO: "WE 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 % DAWNING FOR AMERICA. I KNOWN ENTER UPON MY NEW RESPONSIBILITIES WITH CONFIDENCE AND DETERMINATION. I LOOK TO YOU, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, FOR INSPRIATION, AMH FOR K 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 OWE THE PEOPLE EVERYTHING. AND I INTEND TO KEEP IT THAT WAY. WE, THE PEOPLE OF THE - UNITED STATES, ARE STRONG, AND WITHIN US THERE IS A SOMBER, PURPOSEFUL, INEXORABLE REKINDLING OF HOPE. ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION 8 6666 Our goal mustle WE SEEK M A BY GOVERNMENT, AND A NATION, THAT LIVE $ OUR UP TO THE MAJESTY OF MS CONSITITUTION AND TO THE SMMPLE DECENCY OF OUR PEOPLE. are we seek, as d have said so many times, is OUR GOAL IS DOTH SIMPLE- AND GLORIOUS. TO HAVE AN AMERICA GOVERNMENT AS GOOD AND DECENT AND STRONG AND COMPEETENT AND FILLED WITH LOVE AS ARE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. WORKING TOGETHER, AND WITH GOD"S HELP, 7 WE CAN AND WILL ACHIEVE THAT GOAL. ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES Cov- INAUGURAL SPEECH FOURTH DRAFT This is your diaft with only suggested additions as marked. Thought you mijht need t to make do Jel your nen find editing. Final draft JC FOR MYSELF AND OUR NATION, I WANT TO THANK MY PREDECESSOR FOR ALL HE HAS DONE TO HEAL OUR LAND. IN THIS IN THE RITUAL WE OBSERVE TODAY, ONCE AGAIN WITH AN OUTWARD once again AND PHYSICAL CEREMONY WE ATTEST TO THE INNER AND SPIRITUAL STRENGTH ^ OF OUR NATION. [AS ALWAYS, THIS PASSAGE MARKS THE CONTINUITY OF PAST PROMISES AND THE HOPE FOR NEW BEGINNINGS.] 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 a few OFFICE ON THE BIBLE MY MOTHER GAVE ME A MANY YEARS AGO, OPENED TO A TIMELESS ADMONITION FROM THE ANCIENT PROPHET MICAH: PRESERVATION PURPOSES ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR "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) As my high school teacher, Miss Julia Coleman, used tor say, "We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles. FOURTH DRAFT PAGE TWO THIS INAUGURATION CEREMONY MARKS A NEW BEGINNING, A NEW us all, DEDICATION WITHIN OUR GOVERNMENT, AND A NEW SPIRIT AMONG OUR that PEOPLE. A PRESIDENT MAY SENSE AND PROCLAIM AA 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 DREAM excited WHICH ENTRANCED THE FOUNDERS OF OUR NATION STILL AWAITS ITS full completion set forth today, CONSUMMATION I HAVE NO NEW DREAM TO [RELATE], AUG 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 an exceptional UNIQUE SELF-DEFINITION WHICH HAS GIVEN US [A TRANSCENDENT APPEAL -- BUT IT ALSO IMPOSES ON US A SPECIAL OBLIGATION. [THAT to take on OBLIGATION LIES IN THE ASSUMPTION OF] OF THOSE MORAL DUTIES WHICH, WHEN ASSUMED, SEEM INVARIABLY TO BE IN OUR OWN BEST INTERESTS. PRESERVATION PURPOSES ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR FOURTH DRAFT PAGE 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. LOUR NATION'S BEST IS STILL AHEAD & 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. 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. WE RECALL IN SPECIAL TIMES WHEN WE HAVE STOOD BRIEFLY, BUT MAGNIFICENTLY, UNITED; IN THOSE TIMES NO PRIZE WAS BEYOND OUR GRASP. TP BUT WE CANNOT DWELL UPON REMEBERED GLORY. WE CANNOT PRESERVATION PURPOSES ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR FOURTH DRAFT PAGE FOUR AFFORD TO DRIFT. WE REJECT THE PROSPECT OF FAILURE OR MEDIOCRITY OR AN INFERIOR QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ANY PERSON. both OUR GOVERNMENT MUST AT THE SAME TIME BE, A COMPETENT AND IP COMPASSIONATE. OUR NATION CAN BE STRONG ABROAD ONLY IF IT IS STRONG AT HOME, AND WE KNOW THAT THE BEST WAY TO ENHANCE in other lands here FREEDOM FOR OTHERS IS TO DEMONSTRATE n THAT OUR DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM IS WORTHY OF EMULATION. 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 natural FAIR, OUR WORLD'S] BEAUTY PRESERVED; THE POWERFUL MUST NOT PERSECUTE THE WEAK, AND HUMAN DIGNITY MUST BE ENHANCED. WE HAVE LEARNED THAT "MORE" 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 a Ford to do everything, nov can we afford to lack boldness as we meet the future. So together, in a spirit of individual scierifice for the Common good, we must simply do our best. TO BE TRUE TO OURSELVES, WE MUST BE TRUE TO OTHERS. WE WILL in foreign places so as to NOT BEHAVE ABROAD IN A WAY WHICH WOULD VIOLATE OUR RULES AND STANDARDS HERE AT HOME, FOR WE KNOW THAT THE TRUST WHICH OUR NATION EARNS ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION FOURTH DRAFT PAGE FIVE IS ESSENTIAL TO ITS STRENGTH. THE WORLD ITSELF IS NOW DOMINATED BY A NEW SPIRIT, [BY] are 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 [ IN THE WORLD] IS ON THE RISE. TAPPING THIS NEW SPIRIT, THERE CAN BE NO MORE NOBLE 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 MAINTAIN [A] 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 [OUR] IDEAS. and we will WE WILL BE EVER VIGILANT AND NEVER VULNERABLE, FIGHTING] OUR WARS AGAINST POVERTY, IGNORANCE AND INJUSTICE, FOR THOSE honorably ARE THE ENEMIES AGAINST WHICH OUR FORCES CAN BE NOBLY] MARSHALLED. ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES FOURTH DRAFT PAGE SIX WE ARE A PROUDLY IDEALISTIC NATION, BUT LET NO ONE CONFUSE OUR IDEALISM WITH WEAKNESS. IP BECAUSE WE ARE FREE WE CAN NEVER BE INDIFFERENT TO THE FATE OF FREEDOM ELSEWHERE. moral OUR ^ SENSE [OF OF MORALITY DICTATES A CLEARCUT PREFERENCE FOR THOSE SOCIETIES 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 a threat INHOSPITABLE TO DECENCY AND [GONTRARY] 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 PEOPLE TO JOIN US, FOR SUCCESS CAN MEAN LIFE INSTEAD OF DEATH. WITHIN US, THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, THERE IS EVIDENT A serious [SOMBER] AND PURPOSEFUL REKINDLING OF [HOPE] confidence, and FOR FOURTH DRAFT PAGE EIGHT Join in the In WOULD HOPE THAT WHEN MY TIME AS YOUR PRESIDENT HAS ENDED, PEOPLE MIGHT SAY THIS ABOUT OUR NATION: that we had remem bered the words of Micah and renewed our scarch for humility, mercy and justice; THAT WE HAD TORN DOWN THE BARRIERS THAT SEPARATED THOSE OF DIFFERENT RACE AND REGION AND [SEX AND] RELIGION, AND WHERE THERE HAD BEEN MISTRUST, BUILT UNITY, WITH A RESPECT FOR DIVERSITY; those THAT WE HAD FOUND PRODUCTIVE WORK FOR [ALL COUR PEOPLE] 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 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 WORLD MIGHT SAY THAT WE HAD BUILT A LASTING PEACE, BASED NOT ON WEAPONS OF WAR BUT ON ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES FOURTH DRAFT PAGE NINE own must precious INTERNATIONAL POLICIES WHICH REFLECT OUR DEEPEST MORAL] VALUES. THESE ARE NOT JUST MY GOALS, BUT OUR COMMON HOPES. AND THEY WILL NOT BE MY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BUT THE AFFIRMATION OF and OUR NATION'S CONTINUING MORAL STRENGTH OUR BELIEF IN AN UNDIMINISHED, EVER-EXPANDING AMERICAN DREAM. I (IT IS TIME TO REMEMBER THE ANCIENT PROPHET, AND TO RENEW OUR SEARCH FOR HUMILITY, MERCY AND JUSTICE. ] ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN. INAUGURAL SPEECH FINAL COPY FOR MYSELF AND 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 SPIRITUAL STRENGTH OF OUR NATION. AS MY HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER, MISS JULIA COLEMAN, USED TO SAY, "WE MUST ADJUST TO CHANGING TIMES 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 MOTHER GAVE ME A FEW YEARS AGO, OPENED TO A TIMELESS ADMONITION FROM THE ANCIENT PROPHET MICAH: FINAL COPY PAGE TWO "HE HATH SHOWED THEE, O 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 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 Consummation. STILL AWAITS ITS FULL COMPLETION. I HAVE NO NEW DREAM TO SET FORTH TODAY, 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 UNIQUE SELF-DEFINITION WHICH HAS GIVEN US AN ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES FINAL COPY PAGE THREE EXCEPTIONAL APPEAL -- BUT IT ALSO IMPOSES ON US A SPECIAL OBLIGATION -- TO TAKE ON THOSE MORAL DUTIES WHICH, WHEN ASSUMED, SEEM INVARIABLY TO BE IN OUR OWN BEST INTERESTS. 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. 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. FINAL COPY PAGE FOUR 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. WE RECALL IN SPECIAL 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 REJECT THE PROSPECT OF FAILURE OR MEDIOCRITY OR AN INFERIOR QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ANY PERSON. OUR GOVERNMENT MUST AT THE SAME TIME 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 ENHANCED. FINAL COPY PAGE FIVE WE HAVE LEARNED THAT "MORE" 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 MUST SIMPLY DO OUR BEST. OUR NATION CAN BE STRONG ABROAD ONLY IF IT IS STRONG AT HOME, AND WE KNOW THAT THE BEST WAY TO ENHANCE FREEDOM IN OTHER LANDS IS TO DEMONSTRATE HERE THAT OUR DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM IS WORTHY OF EMULATION. TO BE TRUE TO OURSELVES, WE MUST BE TRUE TO OTHERS. 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. FINAL COPY 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 OWN PHYSICAL CONDITION, BUT FOR BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS. THE PASSION FOR FREEDOM 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 IS TRULY HUMANE. WE ARE A STRONG NATION AND WE WILL MAINTAIN 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 WE WILL FIGHT OUR WARS AGAINST POVERTY, IGNORANCE AND INJUSTICE, FOR THOSE ARE THE ENEMIES AGAINST WHICH OUR FORCES CAN BE HONORABLY MARSHALLED. FINAL COPY PAGE SEVEN WE ARE A PROUDLY IDEALISTIC NATION, BUT LET NO ONE CONFUSE OUR IDEALISM WITH WEAKNESS. BECAUSE WE ARE FREE WE CAN NEVER BE INDIFFERENT TO THE FATE OF FREEDOM ELSEWHERE. OUR MORAL SENSE DICTATES A CLEARCUT PREFERENCE FOR THOSE SOCIETIES 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 INHOSPITABLE TO DECENCY AND A THREAT TO THE WELL-BEING OF ALL PEOPLE. 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 PEOPLE TO JOIN US, FOR SUCCESS CAN MEAN LIFE INSTEAD OF DEATH. FINAL COPY PAGE EIGHT 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, 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; FINAL COPY PAGE NINE THAT WE HAD ENSURED RESPECT FOR THE LAW, AND EQUAL TREATMENT UNDER THE LAW, FOR THE WEAK AND 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 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 COMMON HOPES. AND THEY WILL NOT BE MY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BUT THE AFFIR- our MATION OF, NATION'S CONTINUING MORAL STRENGTH AND OUR BELIEF IN AN UNDIMINISHED, EVER-EXPANDING AMERICAN DREAM. ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES INAUGURAL SPEECH FINAL COPY FOR MYSELF AND 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 SPIRITUAL STRENGTH OF OUR NATION. AS MY HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER, MISS JULIA COLEMAN, USED TO SAY, "WE MUST ADJUST TO CHANGING TIMES 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 MOTHER GAVE ME A FEW YEARS AGO, OPENED TO A TIMELESS ADMONITION FROM THE ANCIENT PROPHET MICAH: FINAL COPY PAGE TWO "HE HATH SHOWED THEE, O 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 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 STILL AWAITS ITS FULL COMPLETION. I HAVE NO NEW DREAM TO SET FORTH TODAY, 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 UNIQUE SELF-DEFINITION WHICH HAS GIVEN US AN FINAL COPY PAGE THREE EXCEPTIONAL APPEAL -- BUT IT ALSO IMPOSES ON US A SPECIAL OBLIGATION -- TO TAKE ON THOSE MORAL DUTIES WHICH, WHEN ASSUMED, SEEM INVARIABLY TO BE IN OUR OWN BEST INTERESTS. 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. 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. FINAL COPY PAGE FOUR 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. WE RECALL IN SPECIAL 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 REJECT THE PROSPECT OF FAILURE OR MEDIOCRITY OR AN INFERIOR QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ANY PERSON. OUR GOVERNMENT MUST AT THE SAME TIME 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 ENHANCED. FINAL COPY PAGE FIVE WE HAVE LEARNED THAT "MORE" 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 MUST SIMPLY DO OUR BEST. OUR NATION CAN BE STRONG ABROAD ONLY IF IT IS STRONG AT HOME, AND WE KNOW THAT THE BEST WAY TO ENHANCE FREEDOM IN OTHER LANDS IS TO DEMONSTRATE HERE THAT OUR DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM IS WORTHY OF EMULATION. TO BE TRUE TO OURSELVES, WE MUST BE TRUE TO OTHERS. 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. FINAL COPY 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 OWN PHYSICAL CONDITION, BUT FOR BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS. THE PASSION FOR FREEDOM 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 IS TRULY HUMANE. WE ARE A STRONG NATION AND WE WILL MAINTAIN 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 WE WILL FIGHT OUR WARS AGAINST POVERTY, IGNORANCE AND INJUSTICE, FOR THOSE ARE THE ENEMIES AGAINST WHICH OUR FORCES CAN BE HONORABLY MARSHALLED. FINAL COPY PAGE SEVEN WE ARE A PROUDLY IDEALISTIC NATION, BUT LET NO ONE CONFUSE OUR IDEALISM WITH WEAKNESS. BECAUSE WE ARE FREE WE CAN NEVER BE INDIFFERENT TO THE FATE OF FREEDOM ELSEWHERE. OUR MORAL SENSE DICTATES A CLEARCUT PREFERENCE FOR THOSE SOCIETIES 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 INHOSPITABLE TO DECENCY AND A THREAT TO THE WELL-BEING OF ALL PEOPLE. 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 PEOPLE TO JOIN US, FOR SUCCESS CAN MEAN LIFE INSTEAD OF DEATH. FINAL COPY PAGE EIGHT 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, 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; FINAL COPY PAGE NINE THAT WE HAD ENSURED RESPECT FOR THE LAW, AND EQUAL TREATMENT UNDER THE LAW, FOR THE WEAK AND 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 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 COMMON HOPES. AND THEY WILL NOT BE MY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BUT THE AFFIR- MATION OF NATION'S CONTINUING MORAL STRENGTH AND OUR BELIEF IN AN UNDIMINISHED, EVER-EXPANDING AMERICAN DREAM. THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN. PRESIDENT'S READING COPY INAUGURAL ADDRESS FOR MYSELF AND OUR NATION, I WANT TO THANK MY PREDECESSOR FOR ALL HE HAS DONE TO HEAL OUR LAND. IN THIS OUTWARD AND PHYSICAL CERE- MONY WE ATTEST ONCE AGAIN TO THE INNER AND SPIRITUAL STRENGTH OF OUR NATION. AS MY HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER, MISS JULIA COLEMAN, USED TO SAY, "WE MUST ADJUST TO CHANGING TIMES AND STILL HOLD TO UNCHANGING PRINCIPLES." ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES TWO 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 MOTHER GAVE ME A FEW 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) THIS INAUGURATION CEREMONY MARKS A NEW BEGINNING, A NEW DEDICATION WITHIN OUR GOVERNMENT, AND A NEW ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES THREE 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 MILESTONE IN THE LONG QUEST FOR FREEDOM, BUT THE BOLD AND BRILLIANT DREAM WHICH EXCITED THE FOUNDERS OF OUR NATION STILL AWAITS ITS CONSUMMATION. I HAVE NO NEW DREAM TO SET FORTH TODAY, 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 UNIQUE SELF-DEFINITION ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES WHICH HAS GIVEN us FOUR WHICH HAS GIVEN US AN EXCEPTIONAL APPEAL -- BUT IT ALSO IMPOSES ON US A SPECIAL OBLIGATION - - TO TAKE ON THOSE MORAL DUTIES WHICH, WHEN ASSUMED, SEEM INVARIABLY TO BE IN OUR OWN BEST INTERESTS. YOU HAVE GIVEN ME A GREAT RESPON- SIBILITY - - 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 ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES FIVE TOGETHER, CONFIDENT THAT IN THE END WE WILL TRIUMPH TOGETHER IN THE RIGHT. 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. 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. WE RECALL IN SPECIAL TIMES WHEN WE HAVE STOOD BRIEFLY, BUT MAGNIFICENTLY, UNITED; IN THOSE TIMES NO PRIZE WAS BEYOND I OUR GRASP. ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES SIX BUT WE CANNOT DWELL UPON REMEMBERED GLORY. 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 TIME BE BOTH COMPETENT AND COMPASS IONATE. 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 ENHANCED. ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES SEVEN WE HAVE LEARNED THAT "MORE" 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 MUST SIMPLY DO OUR BEST. OUR NATION CAN BE STRONG ABROAD ONLY IF IT IS STRONG AT HOME, AND WE KNOW THAT THE BEST WAY TO ENHANCE FREEDOM IN OTHER LANDS IS TO DEMONSTRATE HERE THAT OUR DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM IS WORTHY OF EMULATION. ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES EIGHT TO BE TRUE TO OURSELVES, WE MUST BE TRUE TO OTHERS. 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. 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 OWN PHYSICAL CONDITION, BUT FOR BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS. THE PASSION FOR FREEDOM IS ON THE RISE. TAPPING THIS NEW SPIRIT, THERE ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES NINE 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 MAINTAIN 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 WE WILL FIGHT OUR WARS AGAINST POVERTY, IGNORANCE AND INJUSTICE, FOR THOSE ARE THE ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES ENEMIES AGAINST WHICH TEN ENEMIES AGAINST WHICH OUR FORCES CAN BE HONORABLY MARSHALLED. WE ARE A PROUDLY IDEALISTIC NATION, BUT LET NO ONE CONFUSE OUR IDEALISM WITH WEAKNESS. BECAUSE WE ARE FREE WE CAN NEVER - BE INDIFFERENT TO THE FATE OF FREEDOM ELSEWHERE. OUR MORAL SENSE DICTATES A CLEARCUT PREFERENCE FOR THOSE SOCIETIES WHICH SHARE WITH US AN ABIDING RESPECT FOR INDIVIDUAL HUMAN RIGHTS. WE DO NOT SEEK TO INTIMIDATE, BUT IT 13 CLEAR THAT A WORLD WHICH OTHERS CAN DOMINATE WITH IMPUNITY WOULD BE INHOSPITABLE TO DECENCY AND A THREAT TO THE WELL-BEING OF ALL PEOPLE. ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES ELEVEN 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 I FROM THIS EARTH. WE URGE ALL OTHER PEOPLE TO JOIN US, FOR SUCCESS CAN MEAN LIFE INSTEAD OF DEATH. WITHIN US, THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, THERE IS EVIDENT A SERIOUS AND ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES PURPOSEFUL REKINDLING TWELVE PURPOSEFUL REKINDLING OF CONFIDENCE, 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, 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; ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES THIRTEEN 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 POWER- FUL, 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 WORLD MIGHT SAY THAT WE HAD BUILT A LASTING PEACE, BASED NOT ON WEAPONS OF WAR BUT ON INTERNATIONAL POLICIES ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES WHICH REFLECT FOURTEEN WHICH REFLECT OUR OWN MOST PRECIOUS VALUES. THESE ARE NOT JUST MY GOALS, BUT OUR COMMON HOPES. AND THEY WILL NOT BE MY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BUT THE AFFIR- MATION OF OUR NATION'S CONTINUING MORAL STRENGTH AND OUR BELIEF IN AN UNDIM- INISHED, EVER-EXPANDING AMERICAN DREAM. ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES FOR MYSELF AND OUR NATION, I WANT TO THANK MY PREDECESSOR FOR ALL HE HAS DONE TO HEAL OUR LAND. IN THIS OUTWARD AND PHYSICAL CERE- MONY WE ATTEST ONCE AGAIN TO THE INNER AND SPIRITUAL STRENGTH OF OUR NATION. AS MY HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER, MISS JULIA COLEMAN, USED TO SAY, "WE MUST ADJUST TO CHANGING TIMES AND STILL HOLD TO UNCHANGING PRINCIPLES." ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES TWO HERE BEFORE ME IS THE BIBLE USED IN THE INAUGURATION OF OUR FIRST PRESIDENT IN 1739, AND I HAVE JUST TAKEN MY OWN OATH OF OFFICE ON THE BIBLE MY MOTHER GAVE ME A FEW 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) THIS INAUGURATION CEREMONY MARKS A NEW BEGINNING, A NEW DEDICATION WITHIN OUR GOVERNMENT, AND A NEW ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES THREE 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 MILESTONE IN THE LONG QUEST FOR FREEDOM, BUT THE BOLD AND BRILLIANT DREAM WHICH EXCITED THE FOUNDERS OF OUR NATION STILL AWAITS ITS CONSUMMATION. I HAVE NO NEW DREAM TO SET FORTH TODAY, 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 UNIQUE SELF-DEFINITION ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES FOUR WHICH HAS GIVEN US AN EXCEPTIONAL APPEAL -- BUT IT ALSO IMPOSES ON US A SPECIAL OBLIGATION -- TO TAKE ON THOSE MORAL DUTIES WHICH, WHEN ASSUMED, SEEM INVARIABLY TO BE IN OUR OWN BEST INTERESTS. YOU HAVE GIVEN ME A GREAT RESPON- SIBILITY - - 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 OTRENGTH CAN COMPENSATE FOR MY WEARNESS, AND YOUR WISDOM CAN HELP TO MINIMIZE MY MISTANES. LET US LEARN TOGETHER AND LAUGH TOGETHER AND 20RK TO : 111. R AND PRAY ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES FIVE TOGETHER, CONFIDENT THAT IN THE END WE WILL TRIUMPH TOGETHER IN THE RIGHT. 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. 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. WE RECALL IN SPECIAL TIMES WHEN WE HAVE STOOD BRIEFLY, BUT MAGNIFICENTLY, UNITED; IN THOSE TIMES NO PRIZE WAS BEYOND OUR GRASP. ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES SIX BUT WE CANNOT DWELL UPON REMEMBERED GLORY. 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 TIME BE 30TH COMPETENT AND COMPASS IONATE. 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 NEAK, AND HUMAN DIGNITY MUST DE ENHANCED. SEVEN WE HAVE LEARNED THAT "MORE" 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 MUST SIMPLY DO OUR BEST. OUR NATION CAN BE STRONG ABROAD ONLY IF IT IS STRONG AT HOME, AND WE KNOW THAT THE BEST WAY TO ENHANGE FREEDOM IN OTHER LANDS IS TO DEMONSTRATE HERE THAT OUR DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM IS WORTHY OF EMULATION. ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES EIGHT TO BE TRUE TO OURSELVES, WE MUST BE TRUE TO OTHERS. 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. 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 OWN PHYSICAL CONDITION, BUT FOR BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS. THE PASSION FOR FREEDOM 13 ON THE RISE. TAPPING THIS NEW SPIRIT, THERE NINE 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 MAINTAIN STRENGTH S0 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 WE WILL FIGHT OUR WARS AGAINST POVERTY, IGNORANCE AND INJUSTICE, FOR THOSE ARE THE ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES TEN ENEMIES AGAINST WHICH OUR FORCES CAN BE HONORABLY MARSHALLED. WE ARE A PROUDLY IDEALISTIC NATION, BUT LET NO ONE CONFUSE OUR IDEALISM WITH WEAKNESS. BECAUSE WE ARE FREE WE CAN NEVER BE INDIFFERENT TO THE FATE OF FREEDOM ELSEWHERE. OUR MORAL SENSE DICTATES A CLEAROUT PREFERENCE FOR THOSE SOCIETIES CHICH SHARE WITH US AN ABIDING RESPECT FOR INDIVIDUAL HUMAN RIGHTS. NE DO NOT SEEK TO INTIMIDATE, BUT IT 13 CLEAR THAT A WORLD WHICH OTHERS CAN DOMINATE WITH IMPUNITY WOULD BE TO DECENCY AND A THREAT TO THE ...... Feby OFFICE 011 ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PURPOSES 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 PEOPLE TO JOIN US, FOR SUCCESS CAN MEAN LIFE INSTEAD OF DEATH. WITHIN US, THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, THERE 18 EVIDENT A SERIOUS AND ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES TWELVE PURPOSEFUL REKINDLING OF CONFIDENCE, 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, MERCY AND JUSTICE; THAT WE HAD TORN DOWN THE BARRIERS THAT SEPARATED THOSE OF DIFFERENT RACE AND REGION AND RELIGION, AND WHERE THERE HAD DEEN MISTRUST, BUILT UNITY, WITH A RESPECT FOR DIVERSITY; THAT WE RAD FOUND PRODUCTIVE WORK FOR THOSE ABLI TO PERFORM IT; ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES THIRTEEN 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 POWER- FUL, THE RICH AND THE POOR; AND THAT WE HAD ENABLED OUR PEOPLE TO BE PROUD OF THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT to 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 #AR BUT ON INTERNATIONAL POLICIES FOURTEEN WHICH REFLECT OUR OWN MOST PRECIOUS VALUES. THESE ARE NOT JUST MY GOALS, BUT OUR COMMON HOPES. AND THEY WILL NOT BE MY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BUT THE AFFIR- MATION OF OUR NATION'S CONTINUING MORAL STRENGTH AND OUR BELIEF IN AN UNDIM- INISHED, EVER-EXPANDING AMERICAN DREAM. ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON This will acknowledge receipt of the original manuscript of President Carter's Inaugural Address for use in an inaugural exhibit at the Johnson Library July 1 - September 30, 1977. Upon closing of the exhibit, this manuscript should be returned to Rick Hutcheson, Staff Secretary at the White House. Date: July 1-1977 THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN. PRESIDENT'S READING COPY INAUGURAL ADDRESS Original loaned to Johnson Fibrary FOR MYSELF AND OUR NATION, I WANT TO THANK MY PREDECESSOR FOR ALL HE HAS DONE TO HEAL OUR LAND. IN THIS OUTWARD AND PHYSICAL CERE- MONY WE ATTEST ONCE AGAIN TO THE INNER AND SPIRITUAL STRENGTH OF OUR NATION. AS MY HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER, MISS JULIA COLEMAN, USED TO SAY, "WE MUST ADJUST TO CHANGING TIMES AND STILL HOLD TO UNCHANGING PRINCIPLES." TWO 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 MOTHER GAVE ME A FEW 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) THIS INAUGURATION CEREMONY MARKS A NEW BEGINNING, A NEW DEDICATION WITHIN OUR GOVERNMENT, AND A NEW THREE 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 MILESTONE IN THE LONG QUEST FOR FREEDOM, BUT THE BOLD AND BRILLIANT DREAM WHICH EXCITED THE FOUNDERS OF OUR NATION STILL AWAITS ITS CONSUMMATION. I HAVE NO NEW DREAM TO SET FORTH TODAY, 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 UNIQUE SELF-DEFINITION WHICH HAS GIVEN FOUR WHICH HAS GIVEN US AN EXCEPTIONAL APPEAL -- BUT IT ALSO IMPOSES ON US A SPECIAL OBLIGATION -- TO TAKE ON THOSE MORAL DUTIES WHICH, WHEN ASSUMED, SEEM INVARIABLY TO BE IN OUR OWN BEST INTERESTS. YOU HAVE GIVEN ME A GREAT RESPON- SIBILITY -- 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 , FIVE TOGETHER, CONFIDENT THAT IN THE END WE WILL TRIUMPH TOGETHER IN THE RIGHT. 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. 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. WE RECALL IN SPECIAL TIMES WHEN WE HAVE STOOD BRIEFLY, BUT MAGNIFICENTLY, UNITED; IN THOSE TIMES NO PRIZE WAS BEYOND OUR GRASP. SIX BUT WE CANNOT DWELL UPON REMEMBERED GLORY. 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 TIME BE BOTH COMPETENT 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 ENHANCED. SEVEN WE HAVE LEARNED THAT "MORE" 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 MUST SIMPLY DO OUR BEST. OUR NATION CAN BE STRONG ABROAD ONLY IF IT IS STRONG AT HOME, AND WE KNOW THAT THE BEST WAY TO ENHANCE FREEDOM IN OTHER LANDS IS TO DEMONSTRATE HERE THAT OUR DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM IS WORTHY OF EMULATION. EIGHT TO BE TRUE TO OURSELVES, WE MUST BE TRUE TO OTHERS. 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. 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 OWN PHYSICAL CONDITION, BUT FOR BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS. THE PASSION FOR FREEDOM IS ON THE RISE. TAPPING THIS NEW SPIRIT, THERE NINE 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 MAINTAIN 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 WE WILL FIGHT OUR WARS AGAINST POVERTY, IGNORANCE AND INJUSTICE, FOR THOSE ARE THE ENEMIES AGAINST WHICH TEN ENEMIES AGAINST WHICH OUR FORCES CAN BE HONORABLY MARSHALLED. WE ARE A PROUDLY IDEALISTIC NATION, BUT LET NO ONE CONFUSE OUR IDEALISM WITH WEAKNESS. BECAUSE WE ARE FREE WE CAN NEVER BE INDIFFERENT TO THE FATE OF FREEDOM ELSEWHERE. OUR MORAL SENSE DICTATES A CLEARCUT PREFERENCE FOR THOSE SOCIETIES 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 INHOSPITABLE TO DECENCY AND A THREAT TO THE WELL-BEING OF ALL PEOPLE. ELEVEN 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 PEOPLE TO JOIN US, FOR SUCCESS CAN MEAN LIFE INSTEAD OF DEATH. WITHIN US, THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, THERE IS EVIDENT A SERIOUS AND PURPOSEFUL REKINDLING TWELVE PURPOSEFUL REKINDLING OF CONFIDENCE, 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, 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; THIRTEEN 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 POWER- FUL, 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 WORLD MIGHT SAY THAT WE HAD BUILT A LASTING PEACE, BASED NOT ON WEAPONS OF WAR BUT ON INTERNATIONAL POLICIES WHICH REFLEC FOURTEEN WHICH REFLECT OUR OWN MOST PRECIOUS VALUES. THESE ARE NOT JUST MY GOALS, BUT OUR COMMON HOPES. AND THEY WILL NOT BE MY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BUT THE AFFIR- MATION OF OUR NATION'S CONTINUING MORAL STRENGTH AND OUR BELIEF IN AN UNDIM- INISHED, EVER-EXPANDING AMERICAN DREAM. Gor. INAUGURAL SPEECH FOURTH DRAFT This draft contains comhined editorial suggestims from Rex and me. Jup FOR MYSELF AND OUR NATION, I WANT TO THANK MY PREDECESSOR FOR ALL HE HAS DONE TO HEAL OUR LAND. this IN THE RITUAL WE OBSERVE TODAY, ONCE AGAIN WITH AN OUTWARD once again AND PHYSICAL CEREMONY WE ATTEST A TO THE INNER AND SPIRITUAL STRENGTH OF OUR NATION. [AS AS ALWAYS, THIS PASSAGE MARKS THE CONTINUITY OF PAST PROMISES / AND THE HOPE FOR NEW BEGINNINGS. HERE BEFORE ME IS THE BIBLE USED IN THE INAUGURATION OF OUR Even us th FIRST PRESIDENT IN 1789 AND I HAVE JUST TAKEN MY OWN OATH OF this, the bymm) a few not as shory PRESERVATION PURPOSES ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR OFFICE ON THE BIBLE MY MOTHER GAVE ME MANY YEARS AGO, OPENED TO A TIMELESS ADMONITION FROM THE ANCIENT PROPHET MICAH: as is I'd like. "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) Niss Julia Coleman As my high school teacher, used to say, "We must adjust to changing times and still hald to unchanging principles." FOURTH DRAFT PAGE TWO THIS INAUGURATION CEREMONY MARKS A NEW BEGINNING, A NEW us all. DEDICATION WITHIN OUR GOVERNMENT, AND A NEW SPIRIT AMONG OUR THAT PEOPLE. A PRESIDENT MAY SENSE AND PROCLAIM X NEW SPIRIT, BUT ONLY A PEOPLE CAN PROVIDE IT. Seems to read better the way. TWO CENTURIES AGO OUR NATION'S BIRTH WAS A MILESTONE IN inspired THE LONG QUEST FOR FREEDOM, BUT THE BOLD AND BRILLIANT DREAM excited excited WHICH ENTRANCED THE FOUNDERS OF OUR NATION STILL AWAITS ITS full [CONSUMMATION completion. set forth(TCDity) I HAVE NO NEW DREAM TO [RELATE] RELATE BUT RATHER URGE A FRESH FAITH IN THE OLD DREAM. Reads smothermore smoothly my the in to me OURS WAS THE FIRST SOCIETY OPENLY TO DEFINE ITSELF IN TERMS OF BOTH SPIRITUALITY AND HUMAN LIBERTY. IT IS THAT an exceptional UNIQUE SELF-DEFINITION WHICH HAS GIVEN US I TRANSCENDENT APPEAL -- BUT IT ALSO IMPOSES ON US A SPECIAL OBLIGATION THAT to assume taken OBLIGATION LIES IN THE ASSUMPTION OF THOSE MORAL DUTIES WHICH E WHEN ASSUMED SEEM INVARIABLY TO BE IN OUR OWN BEST INTERESTS. PURROSES AREPRODUCTION MADE FOR FOURTH DRAFT PAGE 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. OUR NATION' S BEST IS STILL AHEAD ] THE AMERICAN DREAM ENDURES. We must once again have faith in am Cour by - and in one ano then I believe America PRESERVATION PURPOSES ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR Can do be Wer. We can be shouper than before. LET OUR RECENT MISTAKES BRING A RESURGENT COMMITMENT TO THE (COUNTRY) BASIC PRINCIPLES OF OUR/NATION FOR WE KNOW THAT IF WE DESPISE - 1 OUR OWN GOVERNMENT WE HAVE NO FUTURE. COUR NATION HA5) WE RECALL IN SPECIAL TIMES WHEN WE HAVE STOOD BRIEFLY, BUT MAGNIFICENTLY, UNITED; IN THOSE TIMES NO PRIZE WAS BEYOND OUR GRASP. IP BUT WE CANNOT DWELL UPON REMEBERED CLORY. WE CANNOT FOURTH DRAFT PAGE FOUR AFFORD TO DRIFT. WE REJECT THE PROSPECT OF FAILURE OR MEDIOCRITY OR AN INFERIOR QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ANY PERSON. both OUR GOVERNMENT MUST AT THE SAME TIME BE COMPETENT AND COMPASSIONATE. POUR NATION CAN BE STRONG ABROAD ONLY IF IT and IS STRONG AT HOME, [AND] WE KNOW THAT THE BEST WAY TO ENHANCE (HERE) FREEDOM FOR OTHERS IS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT OUR DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM IS WORTHY OF EMULATION. ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR WE HAVE ALREADY FOUND A HIGH DEGREE OF PERSONAL LIBERTY, and PRESERVATION PURPOSES [AND] WE ARE NOW STRUGGLING TO ENHANCE EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY. OUR COMMITMENT TO HUMAN RIGHTS MUST BE ABSOLUTE, OUR LAWS NATURAL FAIR, OUR WORLD S BEAUTY PRESERVED; THE POWERFUL MUST NOT PERSECUTE THE WEAK, AND HUMAN DIGNITY MUST BE ENHANCED. lack baldness as we meet the future. WE HAVE LEARNED THAT "MORE" 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 canno t afford to in disdend saccifice In the common good, we must simply do our bet, do every they, 101 can we afford to do nothing So together, in a joint of TO BE TRUE TO OURSELVES, WE MUST BE TRUE TO OTHERS. WE WILL in foreign lands so as to NOT BEHAVE ABROAD IN A WAY WHICH WOULD VIOLATE OUR RULES AND STANDARDS HERE AT HOME, FOR WE KNOW THAT THE TRUST WHICH OUR NATION EARNS FOURTH DRAFT PAGE FIVE IS ESSENTIAL TO ITS STRENGTH. THE WORLD ITSELF IS NOW DOMINATED BY A NEW SPIRIT, [Br] PEOPLES MORE NUMEROUS AND MORE POLITICALLY AWARE, ALE CRAVING AND & be 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. service where doesn it TAPPING THIS NEW SPIRIT, THERE CAN BE NO MORE NOBLEXOR nor more AMBITIOUS TASK FOR AMERICA TO UNDERTAKE ON THIS DAY OF A NEW BEGINNING THAN TO HELP SHAPE A JUST AND PEACEFUL WORLD many was. d it thing up flow mokes Juite THIS fet then k THAT IS TRULY HUMANE. more smoethy. WE ARE A STRONG NATION AND WE WILL MAINTAIN [A] 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 OUR IDEAS. and we will NO. EXPRODUCTION MADE FOR WE WILL BE EVER VIGILANT AND NEVER VULNERABLE, FIGHTING OUR WARS AGAINST POVERTY, IGNORANCE AND INJUSTICE, FOR THOSE honorably ARE THE ENEMIES AGAINST WHICH OUR FORCES CAN BE NOBLY MARSHALLED. FOURTH DRAFT PAGE SIX WE ARE A PROUDLY IDEALISTIC NATION, BUT LET NO ONE CONFUSE OUR IDEALISM WITH WEAKNESS. BECAUSE WE ARE FREE WE CAN NEVER BE INDIFFERENT TO THE FATE OF FREEDOM ELSEWHERE. (MORAL) OUR / SENSE [or MORALITY] DICTATES A CLEARCUT PREFERENCE FOR THOSE SOCIETIES 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 a Threat INHOSPITABLE TO DECENCY AND CONTRARY TO THE WELL-BEING OF Threat ALL PEOPLE. VATION PURPOSES ELECTROST ATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR FOURTH DRAFT PAGE SEVEN attegadly THE WORLD IS STILL ENGAGED IN A MASSIVE ARMAMENTS RACE supposeding claimed 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 17 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. (Need good pause Lee for applause and to signal a transitial.) 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(WILL) 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 DRAFT PAGE NINE nations, surrest A precious INTERNATIONAL POLICIES WHICH REFLECT OUR DEEPEST MORAL VALUES. THESE ARE NOT JUST MY GOALS, BUT OUR COMMON HOPES. AND THEY WILL NOT BE MY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BUT THE AFFIRMATION OF and OUR NATION'S CONTINUING MORAL STRENGTH. /OUR BELIEF IN AN UNDIMINISHED, EVER-EXPANDING AMERICAN DREAM. IT IS TIME TO REMEMBER THE ANCIENT PROPHET, AND TO RENEW OUR SEARCH FOR HUMILITY, MERCY AND JUSTICE. ELECTROSTATIC PRESERVATIO REPROVED Our nations birth example hid the human Search of The human spirit for peedom for spirituality and As ive begin our Third century it is Well to Consider what we are and Shat we ought to be We have been atte to Combine prov,ded both governmental constant and drametic centinuity and a havework for 1 political enpossed enamoned entanced change We have juanties assured a personal Legree Therty high of and we are now a struggling for 4 equality ? to assure opportunity n Same mistakes, doubt and. Fortunately, the dishnst of am oron government are foreing more openness and Candor. We and are still militarily Secure but engaged PRESERVATION PURPOSES ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR in a massive armament race to assure continued A equivalent strength W, th our potential adversaries We still waste enormous portions of own limited natural resources In spite of mistaken international adventures, 41. will shill P.I / to hada We are a spiritual nation, but we are threatened by moral decay. We have Come through many times of testing and trial, of disappointment and Concern Even am own government has its recognized Timits and Cannot Solve all problems, but the American cheam pusists. We reject the prospect of failure or mediocrity or of an inferior quality of life. Ours is progress, of a still tradition of Pendership and, Compassion and and 1 competence progress "There is a fear That our best years are behind us, but our nations best is still ahead? We can Jefend on our quiet streeth, based "not merely on the Size of an assenal but on The nobility of ideas" Our quations PRESERVATION PURPOSES ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE MADE FOR Pies in area morel prespose apsumption of per moral duties, which will interiably be in our own best interests. ineveguration This, ceremony marks a new beginning, a new spirit among our people a new dedication within our (govern. ment.) no one person nor even an entire government Can Can nurture and hance this Spirit. But if is The Genius of un knocontic Society that Those elected to public office 7 cm body the aspirations and s hrengths of millions of our people This is how shringths are multiplied and Success made possible How is a time for A President Can amounce a new spirit only a ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR people can poride it. It must begin Within each individual, w. th a realization PURROSES 7 the existence of lunger, injustice, pollution, The threat of was and the oppression of involuntary servitude Our comminent to human rights must he absolute Our Pans must he fair, our nations beauty must he preserved, the power pul must not persecuto the weak, human disnity must he assund We have no fear of peaceful com We willman petition. Our achievements at home are withhold withhold ary any price paid am best assurance of Success abroad. begnedge any for an safety and security, but we rnust Ours is a shorg has, and it will remain never waste our resources and cell it (name 1) shing On nation existence justifies any national Security. but our shrength need not proven be shall in combat. Sacn fice, 1/o all The would we pledge patience restraint and wisdom in our bee undending Search for place, with The trust which our nation lams is our ulhmate goal the elimination ? essential The worlds (vital) to its to nuclear weapon from This earth, Amorent strength thought The would should he limited to Those recessary for each nations non PRESERVATION ATION PURPOSES ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE Success can mean life instead of death. dones hi safety. We urge other people to join us in a Concerted and agreesive effort to valize There goals. We will not behave in ano then country in a way here Which at home. would violato our ryles and standards We will fight our ware reanish poverty agnorance, hunger and injustice for those are the constant enemies which truly threaten our vital interests The years chead will not be easy one but we have in The past faced many difficulties and prevailed because we are a people who know that high purpose and hard work = can make the no Hest dreams Come have. If adversity is our inspiration, surely quateers Can he our receard. YOU ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR We will sul Pasting agreement in those areas of the would where the present balance is hosile and where place spens a temporary state you have given me a great responsibility to everylify what your you are. The othength of den people Can Comfensato for my Weakness and your wisdom Can minimize for my mistakes Let us Create together a new national Spirit of unity and trust Let us shive together. Let me learn, and Paugh and work and pay together, and, if need he, and sacrifice suffer together, Confident that in the end we will trumph together in The right. Our goal is both Single and ELECTROSTATIC EPRODUCTION MADE FOR majestic to have an American govern. ment as good and docut and shorp and competent and as filled with Compasion and lone as are The American people ship away secrecy, and We must, move Through emidersal suffage to make our people and our goternment one. We cannot afford to drift. It is time to end discrimination, to eliminate to protect the quality of our life, to Waste, control cnime, to put our people to tos bengthen our families, work, to insure fair taxation, to protect set and achieve personal privacy, to seek worthygoals in agriculture, health care, education, and in The supply of energy PRESERV ELECTROSTATICE Americas birth was a Watersled in The quest for hushan person. Durs Was The first Society Consciously to Jefue ,tself both in terms of the liberty and of The spiritual. It is that jungueness Which has given as a transcental appeal- but it also imposes on us a special moral deligation To be true to ourselves we must be true to others. Our world is now dominated by a new spirit, by peoples more more politically numerous and are aware Craving and now Jemanding their place in The 5/17 San. not just for the betterment of the human condition but fundamental respect for human rights. freedom is on rise, The lepping This spirit, we must help to shape PRESERVATION PURPOSES ELECTROSTATI c REPRODUCTIC ON MADE FOR a would that is truly humane There Can he no nobler nor more ambitions task for America 200 years after its birth - and to that effort we pledge our Country's foreign policy We Cannot Commute other nations nor be mg.dly morelishe but we our Sense of morality dictates a clearcut preference for those Societies which share with us an abiding respect for individual ngth. and produms because we are free, we camot be indiffient to The fate of freedom elsewhere We will help to build a just would and peaceful order. We must becare of for a Pay time to come we must Combine Competition with increasing with some other nations efforts to accommodate our existing differences In That setting, American ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR power will remain a constant and Creditle factor of stability. On Everyone most know That (adeguato) American power -will to defend an interests, to presence our ,deals, and to Safe guard am friends - will be maintaines and used if required We Seek not to intimidate but a world in which others can dominate with impunity would he inhospitable to decency an contrary to the wellheing of all people We have now Pearned that am nation can be shong abroad only if it in shonp at home E in our Peadership in our economy, and in our commitment to The basic values of our people ] The best Thing we Can do for the would ELECTROSTATIC TIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR economy IS to have build a healthy economy PRESERVATION PURPOSES at home; foreign hade and jobs for our worker are mutually supportive in and Concern for hurgry people in other nations must be matched by Concern for the disadvantaged in our own Pand. /, Return to borie values Co ddelf 2. America & its humitation 3. Purposeful, sumber rekin thing of hope 4, The American cheam is net dated 5. America is not a place but in idea 6. The people are strong 7. Gool of excellence - Why Not the Scot 8. 11/02/ / just government 9. The future Can be good 10 New to Pirance of diversity il, Il we late our govt- no future 12. Limits to growth 13. Admit complexity of problems 14. Quality us quantity 7 life Although The have made Some Services Our recent serious mistakes can bring a matation This must brimp us to a recommentment to, The basic Values of our nation If ave hate our own government we have no future. We must assess ELECTROST REPRODUCTION MADE FOR folerate diversity, our taulk recognize our hmitation and yet remember That The American dream is not wither dated nor dimmished America is not just a place, but an idea. We, the people are shong, and within us there is Aa evident somber, purpose ful memorable rekindling of hope. There is within us a new folerance for diversity an adms. Sion of The Complexity of prottems and The hmitations on growth [and on government and a Conoration that with If we can maintain a moral and just government our future will be better Than The past. /- Birth - libuty /spiritual 2. Unique- - appeal- obligation 3. Moral duties. best interests 4. 3rd cent- consider. 1 5. Liberty equality 6. Mistakes candor ,- Strong, arms race 8. Quiet strength- arrenal/ideas 9. True ourselves/othen new spirit, other people 10 - Human right. freedom 11- Peace- humane would iz - Trial- limits- dream have 13. Reject failure - best alead i4. Ineuguration. new spirit, dedication 15. Officials examplify people 16. People must provide 17. Possibilities to improve 18- us leadership - peaceful competition 19- Trust essental to strength 20- Pletse wisdom- disarmement 21- other people join 22- Foreyn agreements - same standards 23, fight was porenty, injustice 24- future not easy - hi purpose, hard work 25- Inspired by adversity, greatness reward 26. Me responsibility, weahness mistakes ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR 27. strive, work Paugh pray together PRESERVATION PURPOSES 28- Gout, Good, etc ao people 38- Assess faults. place usiden 29- Secrecy, universal suffrage 39-Hope Mkindled. better future 30- No drift. ISSUED 2 40- 2 Chron 7:14 31- (same con't) 41- Just taken oath 32- Prefer those who share ideals 33- world order- competition /accommodation 34. American power- constant 35- not intimidate- but-- 36. Strong abroad- at home 37. n/istakes basic values We Can no Porper force our will on 0 there - nov do are nee to do So. We should no Porger be the arms merchant of the world, nor condone murder, assassination nor subversion of other governments We must discourage the profiferation of nuclear weapon capability smorg nations, and set an example in reducing this theat to human exastence We cannot Condone international crime, either tenrorism or bribery. Om nations existence justifies any sacrifice. ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION "To adjust to changing time yet hold on to anchanging principles" PURPOSES THE ALSTON, MILLER & GAINES CITIZENS & SOUTHERN NATIONAL BANK BUILDING 35 BROAD STREET, N. W. ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 First Class Mail 2 h, Maxie speech purchives J.C. Mr. Jimmy Carter (For PRESERVATION PURI Lot us Create together a new national spirit of unity and trust. Let us strive together. Let us harn and laugh and work and pray together, Con fident that in The end we will triumph together in The right. 27 Two centuries ago our nations birth appeared - Infillments toke the was a Wa tershed (7) the quest for (human) per dom. Ours was the first Society openly to define itself in terms of Hberty and of (the spiritual human liberty It is that uniqueness which has given us a transcent appeal- but it also imposes on us a Special moral obligation. 2 ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES We have learned that our greatmens lies of the in assumption of our These moral duties, which seem invariably to be in our own best interests. 3 As we begin our third century it is Well to consider what we are and what we ought to be. have been We have provided both governmental continuity and a pame work for Constant and dramatic political change. 4. achieve We have been able to (guarante) a high degree of personal liberty and We are now struggling to assure enhance equality of opportunity. S ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES agriculture, health care, education and in The supply of every 31 Fortunately, our recent mistakes, and The resulting doubt and distruct of (our own government) have forced we to Search for more openness and Candor. 6- We must strip away secrecy, and more Through emidersal sof. frage to make our people and can government one 29 ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES We detect a possibility The / We Can help to reduce hunger, injustice, pollution, The Threat of was, and the oppression of involuntary servitude. We See that our Commitment to human night must be absolute, and that an Peas might be fair, our nations beauty preserved, the powerful need not pursecute The weak, and human disnity can be enhanced. 17 We are still militarily secure, and engaged in a massive armaments race to insure continuing equivalent treagth with our potential adversaries. 7 X To all the world we pledge patience, restraint and wisdom in our and and unending search for place, with our ultimate goal the climination of nuclear weapons from This earth, ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES (and with the worlds annaments limited to these necessary for each nations own domestic safety.) Success can mean life instead of death. 20 We have Come Through many times of testing and trial, of own disappointment and con cerr Even our great govern. ment has its recognized limits, and Can neither answer all questions nov Salve all problems. But the American dream persists. 12 We reject the prospect of failure or mediocrity or of an inferior Juality of life Ours is a tradition of Peadership and progress, of Compassion and competence. Our nations best is still chead, 13 We Can depend on our own quiet strength, based not merely on the Size of an arrend, but on the nobility of our ,deas 8. ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES ourselves To be true to others, we must be true to 0 there Our world is now dominated by a new spirit, by peoples more numerous and more politically aware, Craving and now demanding there place in the Sun- 4. not just for the betterment of the human condition, for but for the a fundamental respect for human rights. Freedom in the would is on the rise. 10 Tapping This new spirit, we must of peace help to shape a would, that is truly humane. There can be no nobler nor more ambitious task for America to undertake on This day 7 a new beginning. ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES " The years ahead will not be lasy ones, but we have in The part faced many defferention and prevailed because we are a people who know that high purpose and hard work Can make The noblest heam come true. 24 X we are inspired by challenge and adversity Then surely greatmen I'm be our nations reward. 25 We cannot afford to drift. H We strive 11 time most to end discrimination to protect The quality of our life, to eliminate waste, to Control crime, to put our people to work, to strengthen on families. to insure fair taxation, to protect personal privacy, and to set and achieve worthy goals in 30 ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES just I have 1 taken The oa th of office on a Bible my mo then gave me n opened many years ago- to an admonition and a promise from God X to King Solomon, still applicable to our great nation its Peadus and am people, our Tea ders and an quat nation: 41 "If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble Themselves, had pray, and seek my fair, and turn from their wicked ways; Then Will I hear from headen, and will forgive their sin, and will heal Their fand." (2 Chron 7:14) 40 This inauguration Cuemony marks a new beginning, a new spirit among our people, and a new dedication within am government. No one person Can nurture and enhance this spirit. 14 ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES democratic But it is the genius of our, Society that these elected to public Iffice Can sometimes embody the espirations and struggles of milliom of people This is how strengths are multiplied and Success made possible, 15 A President may detect and announce a new spirit; only a people Can provide it. It must begin within many individuals, with a Common realization of our new opportunities. 16 (too) you have given me a great responsibility. to your exemplify what are The strength your you people Can compensate for my weakness, and your wisdom (failures) Can help to minimize my mistakes ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR 26 PRESERVATION PURPOSES In spite of recent mistakes the world still fooks to us for feader. ship. Ours is a strong nation and it will remain strong, with strength that it need not be proven in combat. We have no fear of peaceful Competition. 18 We know that the trust which our nation earns is essential to its strength 19 We will seek Parting agreements in Those areas of the world where the present balance is pagile and where peace Seems a temporary state. We will not behave in another Country in a way which would violate our rules and standards have at home. 22 ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES We will fight our wars against porenty, ignorance and injustice, for Those are The enemies against which our forces Can be worthily marshalled 23 We will help to build a just and placeful world order. We must Leware of illusions. for a long time to Come we must com. bine placeful competition with in- Creasing efforts to accommodate with Some other nations our existing differences. 33 We cannot dominate other nation nor be regidly moralistic but our Sense of morality dietates a clearent preference for Those societies which share with us an abiding respect for individual human rights Because we are free, we Cannot be indifferent to the fate of freedom elsewhere 32 ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES In that setting. American power well remain a Constant and Credi ble factor of stability Everyone must know That adequate military strangth - to fend our interests, to preserve our ,deal, and to sefeguard our friends - will be main tained and kept ready if required 34 We seek not to inhmidate, but it is clear That a would which others Can dominate with impunity would be mhospe table to decency and contrary to the well being of all people. 35 Our nation Can be strong abroad only if it is strong at home. Foreyn trade and jobs for our domestic workers, the world economy and prosperity have at home are all neutually supportive; and Concern for lungry people in other nations must be matched by meeting the needs of the disadvantaged in our own fand. 36 ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES We urge all other peoples to join us in a concerted and agressive effort to realize These goals. 21 Our recent Serious mistakes can bring a resurgent commitment to The basic Values of our nation. Hatred of our own government will leave us no future. 37 We must assess our faults, tobato diversity, recognize our physical limitation, and yet remember that the American dream is nerther out dated nov diminished America is not just a place, but an idea. 38 We, The people of The United States, are strong, and within us There is evident a somber, purposeful meyoroth rekinding of hope. II we Can maintain a moral and just government cm future Will be Wen better than The past. 39 Our goal IS both Single and majostic - to have an American government as good and decent and strong and competent and as filled with Compassion and lone as are the American people. 28 ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION MADE FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES