| Speeches of Gerald Ford: Remarks on taking Oath | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 263 |
| Catalog #: | 459908 | |
| Clip Number: | 459908-4 | |
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| Timecode: | 01:07:07 - 01:09:12 | |
| Location: | Washington D.C. | |
| Year Shot: | 1974 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | ELECTIONS: Inaugurations GOVERNMENT: Address to Congress, State of the Union LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Washington D.C. PERSONALITIES: Ford, Gerald POLITICS: Public Address (Speech) | |
| Description: | President Gerald Ford: "In the beginning, I asked you to pray for me. Before closing, I ask again your prayers, for Richard Nixon and for his family. May our former President, who brought peace to millions, find it for himself. May God bless and comfort his wonderful wife and daughters, whose love and loyalty will forever be a shining legacy to all who bear the lonely burdens of the White House. I can only guess at those burdens, although I have witnessed at close hand the tragedies that befell three Presidents and the lesser trials of others. With all the strength and all the good sense I have gained from life, with all the confidence my family, my friends, and my dedicated staff impart to me, and with the good will of countless Americans I have encountered in recent visits to 40 States, I now solemnly reaffirm my promise I made to you last December 6: to uphold the Constitution, to do what is right as God gives me to see the right, and to do the very best I can for America. God helping me, I will not let you down. Thank you." President Ford thanks the audience, poses with his wife for a moment, exits. | |
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