Memória Virtual

I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of the President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.

(foto The New York Times – 2005)

Franklin D. Roosevelt – 04.03.1933 – “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”

Harry Truman – 12.04.1945 – “Our demand has been, and it remains: unconditional surrender! We will not traffic with the breakers of the peace on the terms of the peace.” (16.04.1945)

Dwight Eisenhower – 20.01.1953 – “A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.”

John F. Kennedy – 20.01.1961 – “My fellow Americans: Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.”

Lyndon B. Johnson – 22.11.1963 – “All I have I would have given gladly not to be standing here today.” (27.11.1963)

Richard Nixon – 20.01.1969 – “We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another – until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices.”

Gerald Ford – 09.08.1974 – “I assume the presidency under extraordinary circumstances never before experienced by Americans. This is an hour of history that troubles our minds and hurts our hearts.”

Jimmy Carter – 20.01.1977 – “We are a pure idealistic nation, but let no one confuse our idealism with weakness.”

Ronald Reagan – 20.01.1981 – “In this present [economic] crisis, government is not the solution to our problem.”

George H. W. Bush – 20.01.1989 – “I have spoken of a thousand points of light, of all the community organizations that are spread like stars throughout the nation, doing good. We will work hand in hand, encouraging, sometimes leading, sometimes being led, rewarding.”

Bill Clinton – 20.01.1993 – “There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.”

George W. Bush – 20.01.2001 – “The enemies of liberty and our country should make no mistake: America remains engaged in the world by history and by choice, shaping a balance of power that’s favors freedom.”

Fonte: GOOD Sheet: The First 100 Days (ver também Inaugural Addresses)

A acompanhar em directo (também nesta parceria CNN/Facebook), a partir das 17 horas, a cerimónia da investidura de Barack Obama como 44º Presidente dos Estados Unidos da América.

(el Periódico.com)