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The press, confined to truth, needs no other legal restraint; the public judgment will correct false reasonings and opinions, on a full hearing of all parties; and no other definite line can be drawn between the inestimable liberty of the press and its demoralizing licentiousness.

Thomas Jefferson

Second Inaugural Address of Thomas Jefferson

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Freedom of the press

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Thomas Jefferson

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Second Inaugural Address of Thomas Jefferson Presidential inaugural address

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1805 1800s 19th century

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Jefferson, Thomas. "Second Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1805, Senate Chamber, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

There is no good reason why we should fear the future, but there is every reason why we should face it seriously.

Theodore Roosevelt

Second Inaugural Address of Theodore Roosevelt

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The future

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Theodore Roosevelt

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Second Inaugural Address of Theodore Roosevelt Presidential inaugural address

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1905 1900s 20th century

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Roosevelt, Theodore. "Second Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1905, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression.

Thomas Jefferson

First Inaugural Address of Thomas Jefferson

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Majority rule Minority rights Democracy Political theory

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Thomas Jefferson

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First Inaugural Address of Thomas Jefferson Presidential inaugural address

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1801 1800s 19th century

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Jefferson, Thomas. "First Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1801, Senate Chamber, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

In our whole system, national and State, we have shunned all the defects which unceasingly preyed on the vitals and destroyed the ancient Republics.

James Monroe

Second Inaugural Address of James Monroe

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American democracy American experiment

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James Monroe

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Second Inaugural Address of James Monroe Presidential inaugural address

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1821 1820s 19th century

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Monroe, James. "Second Inaugural Address." 5 Mar. 1821, House Chamber, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

The loss of liberty, of all good government, of peace, plenty, and happiness, must inevitably follow a dissolution of the union.

Andrew Jackson

Second Inaugural Address of Andrew Jackson

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American government American politics

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Andrew Jackson

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Second Inaugural Address of Andrew Jackson Presidential inaugural address

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1833 1830s 19th century

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Jackson, Andrew. "Second Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1833, House Chamber, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.

Thomas Jefferson

First Inaugural Address of Thomas Jefferson

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Limited government Political theory

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Thomas Jefferson

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First Inaugural Address of Thomas Jefferson Presidential inaugural address

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1801 1800s 19th century

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Jefferson, Thomas. "First Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1801, Senate Chamber, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Freedom and incentives unleash the drive and entrepreneurial genius that are the core of human progress.

Ronald Reagan

Second Inaugural Address of Ronald Reagan

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Incentives Political theory Theory of progress Progress Capitalism

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Ronald Reagan

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Second Inaugural Address of Ronald Reagan Presidential inaugural address

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1985 1980s 20th century

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Reagan, Ronald. "Second Inaugural Address." 21 Jan. 1985, United States Capitol rotunda, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger.

John F. Kennedy

Inaugural Address of John F. Kennedy

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Defending freedom Threats to freedom Freedom

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John F. Kennedy

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Inaugural Address of John F. Kennedy Presidential inaugural address

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1961 1960s 20th century

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Kennedy, John F. "Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1961, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations, and always changing easily with deliberate changes of popular opinions and sentiments, is the only true sovereign of a free people. Whoever rejects it does, of necessity, fly to anarchy or to despotism.

Abraham Lincoln

First Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln

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Majority rule Checks and balances Minority rights Political theory

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Abraham Lincoln

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First Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln Presidential inaugural address

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1861 1860s 19th century

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Lincoln, Abraham. "First Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1861, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Lincoln, Abraham. "First Inaugral Address, March 4, 1861." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 2018.

With experience enough in subordinate offices to have seen the difficulties of this the greatest of all, I have learnt to expect that it will rarely fall to the lot of imperfect man to retire from this station with the reputation and the favor which bring him into it.

Thomas Jefferson

First Inaugural Address of Thomas Jefferson

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American Presidency Political leadership American politics

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Thomas Jefferson

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First Inaugural Address of Thomas Jefferson Presidential inaugural address

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1801 1800s 19th century

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Jefferson, Thomas. "First Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1801, Senate Chamber, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Freedom of religion; freedom of the press, and freedom of person under the protection of the habeas corpus, and trial by juries impartially selected. These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation.

Thomas Jefferson

First Inaugural Address of Thomas Jefferson

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Bill of Rights American politics

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Thomas Jefferson

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First Inaugural Address of Thomas Jefferson Presidential inaugural address

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1801 1800s 19th century

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Jefferson, Thomas. "First Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1801, Senate Chamber, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

While the people retain their virtue and vigilance, no administration, by any extreme of wickedness or folly, can very seriously injure the government in the short space of four years.

Abraham Lincoln

First Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln

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Decline of democracy Government Political theory Politics

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Abraham Lincoln

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First Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln Presidential inaugural address

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1861 1860s 19th century

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Lincoln, Abraham. "First Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1861, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Lincoln, Abraham. "First Inaugral Address, March 4, 1861." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 2018.

We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Second Inaugural Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Unfettered capitalism Capitalism

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Second Inaugural Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential inaugural address

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1937 1930s 20th century

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Roosevelt, Franklin D. "Second Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1937, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Current Citation

Roosevelt, Franklin D. "Second Inaugral Address: Washington, DC, January 20, 1937." Great Speeches, edited by John Grafton. Dover, 1999.

We must protect our borders from the ravages of other countries making our products, stealing our companies, and destroying our jobs.

Donald Trump

Inaugural Address of Donald Trump

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Protectionism American politics

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Donald Trump

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Inaugural Address of Donald Trump Presidential inaugural address

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2017 2010s 21st century

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Trump, Donald. "Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 2017, West Front, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Let us restore to social intercourse that harmony and affection without which liberty and even life itself are but dreary things. And let us reflect that, having banished from our land that religious intolerance under which mankind so long bled and suffered, we have yet gained little if we countenance a political intolerance as despotic, as wicked, and capable of as bitter and bloody persecutions.

Thomas Jefferson

First Inaugural Address of Thomas Jefferson

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Partisan politics American unity Unity American politics

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Thomas Jefferson

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First Inaugural Address of Thomas Jefferson Presidential inaugural address

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1801 1800s 19th century

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Jefferson, Thomas. "First Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1801, Senate Chamber, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

There is every reason to believe that our system will soon attain the highest degree of perfection of which human institutions are capable, and that the movement in all its branches will exhibit such a degree of order and harmony as to command the admiration and respect of the civilized world.

James Monroe

Second Inaugural Address of James Monroe

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American democracy American experiment

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James Monroe

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Second Inaugural Address of James Monroe Presidential inaugural address

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Bad predictions Prophecies and predictions

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English

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1821 1820s 19th century

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Monroe, James. "Second Inaugural Address." 5 Mar. 1821, House Chamber, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

We go forward with complete confidence in the eventual triumph of freedom...because freedom is the permanent hope of mankind, the hunger in dark places, the longing of the soul.

George W. Bush

Second Inaugural Address of George W. Bush

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American foreign policy Spread of freedom and democracy Freedom

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George W. Bush

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Second Inaugural Address of George W. Bush Presidential inaugural address

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2005 2000s 21st century

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Bush, George W. "Second Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 2005, West Front, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Government is not the problem, and Government is not the solution. We—the American people—we are the solution. Our Founders understood that well and gave us a democracy strong enough to endure for centuries, flexible enough to face our common challenges and advance our common dreams in each new day.

Bill Clinton

Second Inaugural Address of Bill Clinton

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Political theory American politics

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Bill Clinton

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Second Inaugural Address of Bill Clinton Presidential inaugural address

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1997 1990s 20th century

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Clinton, William J. "Second Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1997, West Front, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

It is my firm conviction that the civilized world is tending toward republicanism, or government by the people through their chosen representatives, and that our own great Republic is destined to be the guiding star to all others.

Ulysses S. Grant

Second Inaugural Address of Ulysses S. Grant

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Spread of freedom and democracy America and the world Democracy Political progress

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Ulysses S. Grant

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Second Inaugural Address of Ulysses S. Grant Presidential inaugural address

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Prophecies and predictions

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1873 1870s 19th century

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Grant, Ulysses S. "Second Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1873, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

America, at its best, is a place where personal responsibility is valued and expected. Encouraging responsibility is not a search for scapegoats, it is a call to conscience. And though it requires sacrifice, it brings a deeper fulfillment. We find the fullness of life not only in options, but in commitments.

George W. Bush

First Inaugural Address of George W. Bush

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Personal responsibility

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George W. Bush

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First Inaugural Address of George W. Bush Presidential inaugural address

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English

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2001 2000s 21st century

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Bush, George W. "First Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 2001, West Front, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.