President Johnson Inaugural Address - Allowed by God to Seek Greatness

Our 36th President was Lyndon B. Johnson. In his 1965 Inaugural address, he said:

"My fellow countrymen, on this occasion, the oath I have taken before you and before God is not mine alone, but ours together.
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"But we have no promise from God that our greatness will endure. We have been allowed by Him to seek greatness with the sweat of our hands and the strength of our spirit.
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"...the judgment of God is harshest on those who are most favored."


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JFK's Inaugural Address: Hand of God Gives Us Our Rights

Our 35th President was John F. Kennedy. In his 1961 Inaugural address he said:

"For I have sworn before you and Almighty God the same solemn oath our forbears prescribed nearly a century and three-quarters ago.
"...the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God.
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"With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be our own."

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Washington State Constitution - Grateful to the Supreme Ruler

The Constitution of the state of Washington (1889) says in its Preamble:

"We, the people of the State of Washington, grateful to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe for our liberties, do ordain this constitution."

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President Eisenhower's 2nd Inaugural - Seeks Blessing of Almighty God

President Dwight D. Eisenhower in his second Inaugural address (1957) said:

"Before all else, we seek, upon our common labor as a nation, the blessings of Almighty God. And the hopes in our hearts fashion the deepest prayers of our whole people.

"And so the prayer of our people carries far beyond our own frontiers, to the wide world of our duty and our destiny."

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President Eisenhower's 1st Inaugural - Praying to Almighty God

Our 34th President was Dwight D. Eisenhower. In his first Inaugural address (1954) he made several Godly references:

"My friends, before I begin the expression of those thoughts that I deem appropriate to this moment, would you permit me the privilege of uttering a little private prayer of my own. And I ask that you bow your heads:

"Almighty God, as we stand here at this moment my future associates in the executive branch of government join me in beseeching that Thou will make full and complete our dedication to the service of the people in this throng, and their fellow citizens everywhere.

"Give us, we pray, the power to discern clearly right from wrong, and allow all our words and actions to be governed thereby, and by the laws of this land. Especially we pray that our concern shall be for all the people regardless of station, race, or calling.

"May cooperation be permitted and be the mutual aim of those who, under the concepts of our Constitution, hold to differing political faiths; so that all may work for the good of our beloved country and Thy glory. Amen."
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"This faith defines our full view of life. It establishes, beyond debate, those gifts of the Creator that are man's inalienable rights, and that make all men equal in His sight.
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"We are summoned by this honored and historic ceremony to witness more than the act of one citizen swearing his oath of service, in the presence of God. We are called as a people to give testimony in the sight of the world to our faith that the future shall belong to the free.
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"In our quest of understanding, we beseech God's guidance.
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"This is the work that awaits us all, to be done with bravery, with charity, and with prayer to Almighty God."

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