Vice President Johnson, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Chief Justice, President Eisenhower, Vice President Nixon, President Truman, reverend clergy, fellow citizens:
We observe today / not a victory of party, / but a celebration of freedom -- / symbolizing an end, / as well as a beginning -- / signifying renewal, / as well as change./ For I have sworn before you / and Almighty God / the same solemn / oath our forebears prescribed/ nearly a century and three-quarters ago.