Inaugural Address

Barbara Lee
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Mayoral Inaugural Address - May 20, 2025
May 20, 2025
Well, good afternoon, Oakland. [Cheers and applause] Thank you, thank you, thank you so much. Let me thank our City Clerk, Asha Reed, and also Bill Patterson and Maximus Simmons for their tremendous service. Give them a round of applause– [Applause] –we have those whose shoulders we stand on and our future here today, so thank you so much. Before I begin, let me just take a moment to thank Barbara Leslie, better known as Barb, Executive Director of the Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce; Keith Brown, Executive-Secretary Treasurer of […]
Corazon Aquino
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Inaugural Address – Feb. 25, 1986
February 25, 1986
My brothers and sisters: I am grateful for the authority you have given me today. And I promise to offer all that I can do to serve you. It is fitting and proper that, as the rights and liberties of our people were taken away at midnight twenty years ago, the people should firmly recover those lost rights and liberties in the full light of the day. Ninoy believed that only the united strength of a people can over turn a tyranny so evil and so well organized. It took […]
Maura Healey
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Inaugural Speech – Jan. 5, 2023
January 5, 2023
Thank you so much. Mr. Speaker, Madame President, members of the legislature, Madame Chief Justice and members of the judiciary, members of the Governor's Council, former governors, first responders, members of the armed services, veterans, and distinguished guests. Residents of our beloved commonwealth [applause], we gather today to transfer the power of government and to renew the miracle of democracy. We gather in the public trust and commit ourselves once more to the work of the people. I thank Governor Baker, who has led this commonwealth with a steady hand. […]
Portia Simpson Miller
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The Journey Continues: A Time for Hope and National Unity - Jan. 5, 2012
January 5, 2012
Your Excellency Sir Patrick Allen, our governor-general, and Lady Allen Leader of the Opposition and former prime minister, the honourable Andrew Holness and Mrs. Holness Former governor-general, most honourable Professor Sir Kenneth Horn and the most honourable Lady Horn Former prime minister, the most honourable PJ Patterson and the most honourable Edward Seaga and the most honorable Mrs. Seaga The most honourable Denise Eldemire-Shearer Visiting Presidents and Prime Ministers and their delegations Our Chief Justice the honourable Mrs. Justice Zaila McCalla and Mr. McCalla President of the Court of Appeal, […]
Kathy Hochul
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First Address As Governor - Aug. 24, 2021
August 24, 2021
I took the oath of office to become your lieutenant governor. I'm humbled that the people of New York twice put their faith in me to fill this role, which required me to be prepared if necessary to serve as your governor, and now that day has come. At the stroke of midnight, I once again took the oath of office, creating a sacred bond of trust between me and every New Yorker. And thus, I stand here as the 57th governor of New York. But I did not get […]
Elizabeth Alexander
categories: Inaugural Address, Poem, Speeches
Praise Song for the Day - Jan. 20, 2009
January 20, 2009
Each day we go about our business, walking past each other, catching each other’s eyes or not, about to speak or speaking. All about us is noise. All about us is noise and bramble, thorn and din, each one of our ancestors on our tongues. Someone is stitching up a hem, darning a hole in a uniform, patching a tire, repairing the things in need of repair. Someone is trying to make music somewhere, with a pair of wooden spoons on an oil drum, with cello, boom box, harmonica, voice. […]
Amanda Gorman
categories: Inaugural Address, Poem, Speeches
The Hill We Climb - Jan. 20, 2021
January 20, 2021
When day comes we ask ourselves, where can we find light in this never-ending shade? The loss we carry, a sea we must wade. We've braved the belly of the beast, We've learned that quiet isn't always peace, and the norms and notions of what just is isn't always just-ice. And yet the dawn is ours before we knew it. Somehow we do it. Somehow we've weathered and witnessed a nation that isn't broken, but simply unfinished. We the successors of a country and a time where a skinny Black […]
Barbara Roberts
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Inaugural Address - Jan. 14, 1991
January 14, 1991
In 1865 a bright and brave 13-year-old girl, Harriet Hitchcock, began a journey across the Oregon Trail with her family. Today, as I begin my journey as your governor, I want to share some of Harriet's own words with you. "This morning," she wrote, "we commenced to climb the snowy range ... And we soon found the tug of war in our journey was only just begun. We could see the top of one hill and think that was the last. But when we gained that, others kept rising before […]
Ann Richards
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Inaugural Address - Jan. 15, 1991
January 15, 1991
Richards delivered her inaugural address to the Joint Session of the Texas Senate. Welcome to the first day of the new Texas! And welcome to the official representatives of thirty-five countries and the governors of the four Mexican border states who have joined us today. I want to thank all of you for being with us. I hope we will see you often in the Capitol. We look forward to working cooperatively with your governments and to excellent relationships with your people. Eighteen months ago, I stood with many of […]
Zuzana Caputová
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Inauguration Speech - June 15, 2019
June 15, 2019
"President Kiska, President Gašparovič, President Schuster, President of the National Council, Prime Minister, President of the Constitutional Court, Members of the National Council, Members of the government of the Slovak Republic, Your excellencies, Distinguished guests, Dear fellow citizens. When I was standing for the presidency of our republic, I often mentioned that I wanted to be the president of all citizens. A few minutes ago, I handed my oath of office to the president of the Constitutional Court and from that you could formally conclude that I am the president […]