does their pet dalmatian. the president's amusement. another group presents the chief executive with a special a brand new cowboy hat. the president is cheered by the citizens of lamar, missouri, the town in which he was born state by state. group by group. people from of the 48 states of the union honor, harry truman and the 40th inauguration since george washington in the field of office as the nation's first president. nearly 160 years ago. in. a colorful moves on inauguration in 1949. expressive of the mood of a nation the country is striving for a peaceful world yet of the military need to make keep that peace in harry truman's own

work. it marks the beginning not only of a new administration, but of a period that will be eventful, perhaps decisive for themy frie. before i begin expression of those thoughts that i deem appropriate to this moment, would you me the privilege of uttering a little private prayer my own and i ask you bow your

heads, almighty god, as we here at this moment, my associates in my future associates in the executive branch of government join me in beseeching that our make full and complete our dedication to the service of the people in this throng and our fellow citizens everywhere. give us we pray the to discern clearly right wrong and allow all our words and actions to be governed there by and by the laws of this land. a especially we pray that our concern shall be for all the people, regardless of station race. our calling may cooperation be permitted, and these are mutually of those who, under the concepts of our constitution,

hold to differing political base. so that all may work the good of our beloved country, and that glory amen. my fellow citizens, the world. and we passed the midway point of a century of continued challenge. we states with all our faculties that forces of good and evil are massed and armed and opposed as rarely before history, this fact defines the meaning of this day we summoned by this honored and historic to witness than the act of one citizen swearing his oath of service in the presence of his god. we are called as the people to give testimony in the sight of the world to our that the future shall to the free.

since this the centuries beginning a time of tempered has seemed to come upon the continent of the earth. masses of asia have awakened to strike shackles of the past great nations of europe have fought their bloodiest war, groans of trouble and their best. that vast empires have new. nations have been born for our own country. it has been a time of recurring trial. we have grown in power and in responsibility. we have passed, through the anxieties of depression and the war, to a summit unmatched in mind, seeking to secure peace in the world while have had to fight our way through the forest of the gun to the shores of iwo jima and through the cold mountains of korea, and the

swift race of great events, we find ourselves robbing a can of the old sin and meaning of these times in which we live in our quest of understanding, we beseech god's guidance. we summon all our knowledge of the past and scan all signs of the future. we bring all our wit and all our will to meet the question how far have we come in long pilgrimage from darkness toward the light? are we nearing the light? a day of freedom and of peace for all mankind? or are the shadows another night are closing in upon it? great, as are the preoccupations absorbing us at home, concerned as we are with matters that deeply affect our livelihood today and our vision of the future each of these domestic is

dwarfed by and often even created this question that involves all humankind this trial comes at a moment when man power to achieve good or to inflict evil surpasses us. the brightest hope and the sharpest fears of all ages. we can turn rivers in their courses, level mountains to the plains ocean and land and sky are avenues for our colossal commerce. disease diminishes and life lengthens. yet the promise of this life is imperiled by the very that has made it possible. nations of mass wealth labor sweats to create and turns out devices to level not only mountains, but also cities. science seems ready to confer upon us as his final gift.

the power to erase human life from this planet. i at such a time in history, we who are free must proclaim anew our faith. this faith is the abiding creed of our fathers. it is our faith in the deathless dignity of man governed by eternal moral and natural laws. this defines our full view of life. it establishes beyond debate. those gifts of the creator that our man is in animal rights and that make all men equal in his sight. in the light of us equality, we know that the virtue most cherished by free people love of pride, of work, devotion to country, all our treasures equally precious in the lives of the most and of the most

exalted. the man who mine coal and fire furnaces and balance ledgers and turn lane and pick cotton and heal the sick and plant corn. all serve as proudly and as profitably for america, as the statesmen who draft treaties and the legislators who enact law. it decrees that the people elect leaders not to rule, but to serve in a circle, that we have the right to choice of our own work and to the reward of our own toil. it inspires the initiative that makes our productivity the of the world equal loyalty among all his brothers betrays the spirit of the free and invites the mockery of the tyrant. it is because all of us hold to these principles that the

political changes accomplish this they do not imply turbulence, upheaval or disorder, but rather this change expresses a purpose of strengthening our dedication and devotion to the precepts. our founding document a renewal of faith in our country and in the watchfulness of our divine providence providence. the enemies of this faith. no, no, god no devotion, but its use. they tutor man in prison. they feed upon the hunger of others. whatever defies them. they torture, especially truth. hear them is joined. no argument between slightly different philosophies. this strikes directly at faith of our fathers and at lives of our sons. no principle treasure that we

hold from the spiritual knowledge of free schools and churches to the creative magic of free labor and capital. nothing lies safely beyond the reach of this struggle. freedom is pitted against slavery lightness, against the dark. the faith we hope, belongs not to us alone, but to the free of all world. this common bond binds the grower of rice in burma in the planting of wheat in iowa. the shepherd in, southern italy and the mountain mountaineer in the andes. it confers that common dignity upon the french who dies in indochina. the british soldier killed in malaya. the american life given in korea. we know beyond this that are linked to all free peoples, not merely by a noble idea, but by a

simple need for no free can for long, cling to any privilege or enjoy any safety in economic solitude for all our own material might even we need markets in the world, the surpluses of our farms and our factories equally we need for these farms and factories vital and products of distant lands. this basic law of interdependence so manifest in the commerce peace applies with thousandfold intensity in the event of war. so are we by necessity and by belief that the strength of our free peoples lies in unity? their danger in this garden to produce unity, to meet the challenge of our time, destiny

as laid upon country, the responsibility of the free world leadership. so it is proper that we assure friends once again that in the discharge of this response stability, we are americans and we observe the difference between leadership and imperialism, between firmness, truculence, between a thoughtfully calculated goal and spasmodic reaction to the stimulus of emergencies. we wish our friends the world over to know this above we face the threat, not with dread and confusion but with confidence and conviction. quick. we feel this moral because we

know that we are not helpless prisoners of history. we free men. we shall remain free never to be proven guilty of the one capital offense against freedom, a lack of staunch faith in leading our just cause before the bar of history and impressing and impressing our labor or world peace. we shall be guided certain fixed principles. these principles are. number one, abhorring as a chosen way to buck the purposes of those threaten us. we hold it to be the first task of statement up to develop the strength that will deter the forces of aggression and promote the conditions of peace. or as it be, the supreme purpose of all free. so it must be the dedication of their leaders to save humanity

from preying upon itself. in the light of this principle, we stand ready to engage with any and all others in joint effort to remove the causes of mutual fear and distrust among nations so as to make possible drastic reduction of armaments the sole requisite for undertaking such effort. are that in their purpose, they be aimed logically and honestly toward secure peace for all, and that in their result, they provide methods by which every participating nation will prove good faith in carrying its pledge. number two, realizing that common sense and common decency alike dictate the futility of appeasement. we shall never try placate an aggressor by false and wicked of trading honor for security.

but. americans, indeed all free men remember that in the final choice soldier's pact is not so heavy a burden as a prisoner's chains. number three, knowing that only a united are united states that is and immensely productive it can help defend freedom in our world. we view our nation and security as a trust upon which rests the hope. free men everywhere. it is the firm duty of each of our free citizens and every free citizen, everywhere to place the cause of his country before the comfort, the convenience of himself. a number for honoring the identity and the special heritage of each nation in the

world we shall never use our strength. try to impress another people, our own cherished political and economic institutions. number five, assessing realistically, the needs capacities of proven friends of freedom. we shall strive to help them to achieve their own security and well-being likewise we shall count upon them, assume within the limits of their resources, their full and just burdens in the coming defense of freedom. number six, recognizing economic skill as an indispensable basis of military strength in the free world peace. we shall strive to foster everywhere and to practice ourselves. policies that encourage and

profitable trade or the impoverishment of any single people in. the world means danger to the well-being of all other peoples. number seven a appreciating that economic need, military security and political wisdom combine to suggest groupings of free peoples. we hope within the framework of the united nations to help strengthen such bonds the world over the nature of these ties vary with the different of different areas in the western hemisphere. we enthuses join with all our neighbors in the work of perfecting a community of fraternal trust and common in europe. we ask that enlightened and inspired of the western nations strive with renewed vigor to

make the unity of the a reality. only as free europe unitedly marshals its strength. canada effectively safeguard even with our help in spiritual and cultural heritage. number eight conceiving the defense of freedom like freedom itself to be one and indivisible. we hold all continents and peoples in equal regard, in honor. we reject any insecure push on one race or another one people or another is in any sense inferior or expendable. number nine, respecting united nations as the living sign of all peoples hope for peace. we shall strive to make it not merely an eloquent symbol, but an effective force. and in our quest, an honorable peace. we neither compromise nor tire

nor ever cease by these rules of conduct. we hope to be known to all peoples by their observance and earth of peace may become not a vision, but fact. this hope, this supreme aspiration rule the way we live. we must be ready to dare all for our country, for history does not long entrust the care freedom to the weak or the timid. we must acquire proficiency in defense and display stamina in purpose. we must be willing, individually and as nation, to accept whatever sacrifices may be required of us. a people that values its privileges above principles so moves both these basic precepts are not lofty abstractions far removed from matters of daily living. they laws of spiritual strength that generate and define our

material strength. great realism me equipped forces, a prepared citizen. moral stamina means energy and more productivity on the farm. and in the factory. love. liberty means the guarding of every resource that makes freedom possible from the sanctity of our families and the wealth of our soil to the genius of our societies. and so each citizen plays indispensable role. the productivity of head, our hands and our hearts is the source of all the strength we can command for both the enrichment of our lives and the winning of the peace. no person, no home, no community can be the beyond the reach of this call. we are summoned to act in wisdom and in conscience to work with industry, to teach youth

persuasion, to preach with conviction, to weigh our every deed with care and with compassion or this truth must be cleared before us. whatever america hopes to bring pass in the world must first come to pass in the heart of america, the peace we seek. then, is nothing less than the practice and the fulfillment of our whole faith among ourselves and in our dealings with others. it signifies more than the stealing of guns, easing the sorrow of war, more than an escape from death. it is a way of life more than a haven for the weary. it is a hope for the brave. this is the hope that beckons onward in this century of. this is the work that awaits us all to be done with bravery, with charity, and with prayer. to almighty god, my citizens, i

thank. you.

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