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William McKinley Inaugural Address, March 4, 1897

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 William McKinley Inaugural Address, March 4, 1897

 

 

...I assume the arduous and responsible duties of President of the United States, relying upon the support of my countrymen and invoking the guidance of Almighty God.  Our faith teaches that there is no safer reliance than upon the God of our fathers, who has so singularly favored the American people in every national trial, and who will not forsake us so long as we obey His commandments and walk humbly in His footsteps.

 

...We may have failed in the discharge of our full duty as citizens of the great Republic, but it is consoling and encouraging to realize that free speech, a free press, free thought, free schools, the free and unmolested right of religious liberty and worship, and free and fair elections are dearer and more universally enjoyed today than ever before....

 

....I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States."  This is the obligation I have reverently taken before the Lord Most High.  To keep it will be my single purpose, my constant prayer; and I shall confidently rely upon the forbearance and assistance of all people in the discharge of my solemn responsibilities.

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