only sure reward with history. the final judge of these. let us go forth to lead the land. love asking his blessing and his. but knowing that here on earth god's work must truly be our own.

the oath of office now be administered to the president by the chief justice of the united. well.

your men, baines johnson, whose swear i, baines johnson, do solemnly swear, and you will faithfully execute. i will faithfully execute the office of the presidency of the united states. the office of the presidency, the united states, and will to the best of your ability and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and repair. preserve protect and defend the

constitu mission of the united states, the constitution of united states. so help you god. so. my fellow countrymen. on this occasion, the oath i have taken before. and before god.

is not mine alone. but together. we are one nation and people. our faith as a nation and our future as a people rests not. upon one citizen, but upon all citizens. that is majesty and the meaning of this moment. our every generation there is destiny or some history. who decides for this generation, the choice must be our own own.

even now, a rocket moves toward mars. it reminds that the world will not be the same. our children, or even ourselves. and in a short span of years, the next man. stand here will look out on a seam that is different from our own. because of our is a time of change. rapid and fantastic change change bearing the secrets of nature. multiply the nations placing in uncertain hands. new weapons are mastery and

destruction, shaking old values and uprooting old ways. our destiny in the midst of change will on the unchanging character of our people people and on their faith. they came here, the exile and the strange. brave, but frightened. to find the place where a man could be his own man. they made a covenant with this land conceived the injustice,

ridden in liberty. bound in union union. it was man one day to inspire the hopes of all mankind mankind, and it binds us still. if we its terms, we shall flourish. under this covenant of justice. liberty and union. we have become a nation, prosperous great. and mighty. and we have kept our freedom. but 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. i do not believe that the great society is the order changeless and sterile battalion of the angels. it is the excitement of becoming always becoming trying, probing all resting and trying again. but all trying and always gaining. in each generation generation

with toil and tears we have to earn our heritage again again. if we fail now, then we will have forgotten in abundance what we learn in hardship hardship that the mockers see rests on faith. and freedom as more than it gives. and the judgment god is harsh. use. on those who are most favored. if we succeed. it will not be because of what

we have, but it will be because of we are not because of what own, but rather because of what we believe believe. our. we are a nation believers. underneath the clamor of building and the rush our days pursuits. we are believer believer in justice and liberty. and unity and in our own union.

we believe every man must someday be free. and we believe in ourselves. and that is the mistake that enemies have always. in my lifetime, in depression and in war, they awaited our defeat each time from the sacred places of the american heart. came forth. the faith that they could not. or that they could not even

imagine. and it brought us victory. and it will again. or this is what america is all about. it is the iron cross desert and the unplowed and rich. it is the that is not reached and the harvest that sleeping and beyond ground. is our world gone and we say farewell is new world coming? we welcome it and we will bend to the hopes of.

and to these trusted public servants and to my family and those friends of mine who have have. followed me down a long road. and to. all the people of this union and the world. i will repeat today. what i said, that sorrowful day and, november last year. i will lead. and i will do the best i can.

but you you look within your own heart to the old promises and to the old dream. they will lead you best of all. or myself. i ask, in the words of ancient leader. give me now wisdom and, knowledge that may go out and come in before people for can judge this by people that is so great.