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It is my distinct honor to present the Chief Justice of the United States. The honorable John G. Roberts Jr., who will administer the Presidential oath of office. Everyone, please stand.
Are you prepared to take the oath, senator?
I am.
I, Barack Hussein Obama, do solemely swear that I will execute the
office of President to the United States faithfully, (여기서 더듬거림..) ...
and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the
constitution of the United States. So, help me God.
Congratulations, Mr. President.
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It is my great personal honor to present the 44th President of this United States, Barack Obama.
My fellow citizens,
I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the
trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices born by our
ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as
well as the generosity and cooperation he's shown throughout this
transition.
44 Americans have now taken the presidential oath. The words have
been spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the still waters of
peace. Yet, every so often the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds
and raging storms. At these moments, America has carried on not simply
because of the skill or vision of those in high office, but because we,
the People have remained faithful to the ideals of our forebearers, and
true to our founding documents.
So it has been, so it must be with this generation of Americans.
That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood. Our nation
is at war, against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred. Our
economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility
on the part of some, but also our collective failure to make hard
choices and prepare the nation for a new age. Homes have been lost,
jobs shed, businesses shuttered, our health care is too costly, our
schools fail too many, and each day brings further evidence that the
ways we use energy strengthen our adversaries and threaten our planet.
These are the indicators of crisis, subject to data and statistics.
Less measurable but no less profound is a sapping of confidence across
our land. A nagging fear that America's decline is inevitable, and that
the next generation must lower its sights.
Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real. They are
serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short
span of time. But know this, America, they will be met.
On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity
of purpose over conflict and discord. On this day, we come to proclaim
an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations
and worn out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics.
We remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time
has come to set aside childish things. The time has come to reaffirm
our enduring spirit, to choose our better history, to carry forward
that precious gift, that noble idea, passed on from generation to
generation. The God given promises that all are equal, all are free,
and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness.
In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that
greatness is never given. It must be earned. Our journey has never been
one of shortcuts or settling for less. It has not been the path for the
faint hearted for those who prefer leisure over work, or seek only the
pleasures of riches and fame. Rather, it's been the risk-takers, the
doers, the makers of things, some celebrated but more often men and
women obscure in their labor, who have carried us up the long, rugged
path towards prosperity and freedom.
For us, they packed up their few worthy(?) possessions and traveled
across oceans in search of a new life. For us, they toiled in
sweatshops and settled the West, endured the lash of the whip and
plowed the hard earth. For us, they fought and died, in places like
Concord and Gettysburg, Normandy and Kei San(?). Time and again these
men and women struggled and sacrificed and worked till their hands were
raw so that we might live a better life. They saw America as bigger
than the sum of our individual ambitions, greater than all the
differences of birth or wealth or faction.
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This is the journey we continue today. We remain the most prosperous, powerful nation on Earth. Our workers are no less productive than when this crisis began. Our minds are no less inventive, our goods and services no less needed than they were last week or last month or last year. Our capacity remains undiminished. But our time of standing path, of protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisions, that time has surely passed. Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America.
For everywhere we look, there is work to be done. The state of the
economy calls for action, bold and swift, and we will act, not only to
create new jobs, but to lay a new foundation for growth. We will build
the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines to feed our
commerce and bind us together. We will restore science to its rightful
place, and wield technology's wonders to raise health care's quality
and lower its cost. We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil
to fuel our cars and run our factories. And we will transform our
schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of the new
age. All this we can do, all this we will do.
Now, there are some who question the scale of our ambitions, who
suggest that our system cannot tolerate too many big plans. Their
memories are short. For they have forgotten what this country has
already done, what free men and women can achieve when imagination is
joined to common purpose, and necessity to courage.
What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted
beneath them, that the stale political arguments that have consumed us
for so long no longer apply. The question we ask today is not whether
our government is too big or too small, but whether it works, whether
it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a
retirement that is dignified. With the answer is yes, we intend to move
forward, with(?) the answer is no, programs will end. And those of us
who manage the public's dollars will be held to account to spend
wisely, reform bad habits, and do our business in the light of day
because only then can we restore the vital trust between the people and
their government.
Nor is the question before us whether the market is a force for good
or ill. Its power to generate wealth and expand freedom is unmatched,
but this crisis has reminded us that without a watchful eye, the market
can spin out of control. A nation cannot prosper long when it
favors only the prosperous. The success of our economy has always
depended not just on the size of our gross domestic product, but on the
reach of our prosperity, on our ability to extend opportunity to every
willing heart. Not out of charity, but because it is the surest route
to our common good.
As for our common defense, we reject as false the choice between our
safety and our ideals. Our founding fathers, faced with perils that we
can scarcely imagine, drafted a charter to assure the rule of law and
the rights of man, a charter expanded by the blood of generations.
Those ideals still light the world, and we will not give them up for
expediency's sake.
And so to all the other peoples and governments who are watching today, from the
grandest capitals to the small village where my father was born, "Know
that America is a friend of each nation and every man, woman, and child
who seeks a future of peace and dignity, and that we are ready to lead
once more."
Recall that earlier generations faced down fascism and communism not
just with missiles and tanks, but with the sturdy alliances and
enduring convictions. They understood that our power alone cannot
protect us, nor does it entitle us to do as we please. Instead, they
knew that our power grows through its prudent use. Our security
emanates from the justness of our cause, the force of our example, the
tempering qualities of humility and restraint. We are the keepers of
this legacy. Guided by these principles once more, we can meet those
new threats that demand even greater effort, even greater cooperation
and understanding between nations. We will begin to responsibly leave
Iraq to its people, and forge a hard earned peace in Afghanistan. With
old friends and former foes, we will work tirelessly to lessen the
nuclear threat, and roll back the specter of a warming planet. We will
not apologize for our way of life, nor will we waver in its defense,
and for those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror and
slaughtering innocents, we say to you now that our spirit is stronger
and cannot be broken. You cannot outlast us, and we will defeat you.
We know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness.
We are nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus, and
non-believers. We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from
every end of this Earth. And because we have tasted the bitter swill of
civil war and segregation, and emerged from that dark chapter stronger
and more united, we cannot help but believe that the old hatred shall
someday pass. That the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve, that as the
world grows smaller, our common humanity shall reveal itself, and that
America must play its role in ushering in a new era of peace.
To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual
interest and mutual respect. To those leaders around the globe who seek
to sow conflict, or blame their society's ills on the West, know that
your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy.
To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the
silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history,
but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your
fist. To the people of poor nations, we pledge to work alongside you to
make your farms flourish and let clean waters flow, to nourish starved
bodies and feed hungry minds. And to those nations like ours that enjoy
relative plenty, we say we can no longer afford indifference to
suffering outside our borders, nor can we consume the world's resources
without regards to effect. For the world has changed, and we must
change with it.
As we consider the road that unfolds before us, we remember with
humble gratitude those brave Americans who, at this very hour, patrol
far off deserts and distant mountains. They have something to tell us,
just as the fallen heroes who lie in Arlington whisper through the
ages. We honor them not only because they are guardians of our liberty,
but because they embody the spirit of service - a willingness to find
meaning in something greater than themselves. And yet, at this moment,
a moment that will define a generation, it is precisely this spirit
that must inhabit us all. For as much as government can do and must do,
it is ultimately the faith and determination of the American people
upon which this nation relies. It is the kindness to take in a stranger
when the levees break, the selflessness of workers who would rather cut
their hours than see a friend lose their job which sees us through our
darkest hours. It is the firefighter's courage to storm a stairway
filled with smoke, but also a parent's willingness to nurture a child,
that finally decides our fate.
Our challenges may be new. The instruments with which we meet them
may be new. But those values upon which our success depends - honesty
and hard work, courage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty
and patriotism. These things are old. These things are true. They have
been the quiet force of progress throughout our history. What is
demanded, then, is a return to these truths. What is required of us now
is a new era of responsibility, a recognition, on the part of every
American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation, and the world,
duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly, firm
in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so
defining of our character, than giving our all to a difficult task.
This is the price and the promise of citizenship. This is the
source of our confidence, the knowledge that God calls on us to shape
an uncertain destiny. This is the meaning of our liberty and our creed,
why men and women and children of every race and every faith can join
in celebration across this magnificent mall, and why a man whose father
less than sixty years ago, might not have been served at a local
restaurant, can now stand before you to take a most sacred oath.
So let us mark this day with remembrance, of who we are and how far
we have traveled. In the year of America's birth, in the coldest of
months, a small band of patriots huddled by dying campfires on the
shores of an icy river. The capital was abandoned. The enemy was
advancing. The snow was stained with blood. At a moment when the
outcome of our revolution was most in doubt, the father of our nation
ordered these words be read to the people,
"Let it be told to the future world that in the depth of winter,
when nothing but hope and virtue could survive, that the city and the
country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet it."
America. In the face of our common dangers, in this winter of our
hardship, let us remember these timeless words. With hope and virtue,
let us brave once more the icy currents, and endure what storms may
come. Let it be said by our children's children that when we were
tested we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back
nor did we falter, and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God's grace
upon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it
safely to future generations.
Thank you. God bless you, and God bless the United States of America.
