for free today, or visit our website, c-span.org/c-span now. c-span now, your front row seat to washington. any time. anywhere. >> we continue with our american history tv series, "historic inaugural speeches." it is now 1965 and lyndon johnson defeated barry goldwater to win his own term in office. mr. johnson had been president since the november 1963 assassination of president john kennedy. this inauguration drew an estimated 1.2 million people. temperatures were in the high 30's with snow on the ground. the inauguration was the first in which the president rode in a bulletproof limousine. here is the swearing in by chief justice earl warren followed by the inaugural speech.

>> the oath of office will now be administered to the president by the chief justice of the united states. ♪ ♪ [pomp and circumstance] your ♪ ♪ justice warren: do you, lyndon

baines johnson, solemnly swear -- pres. johnson: i do solemnly swear -- justice warren: that you will faithfully execute the office of the presidency of the united states? pres. johnson: the office of the presidency of the united states. justice warren: and will to the best of your ability preserve, protect, and defend. pres. johnson: preserve, protect, and defend. justice warren: the constitution of the united states. pres. johnson: the constitution of the united states. justice warren: so help you god. pres. johnson: so help me god. [applause]

pres. johnson: my fellow countrymen: on this occasion the oath i have taken before you and before god is not mine alone, but ours together. we are one nation and one people. our fate as a nation and our future as a people rest not upon one citizen but upon all citizens.

that is the majesty and the meaning of this moment. for every generation, there is a destiny. for some, history decides. for this generation, the choice must be our own. even now, a rocket moves toward mars. it reminds us that the world will not be the same for our children, or even for ourselves, in a short span of years. the next man to stand here will look out on a scene that is different from our own.

because ours is a time of change -- rapid and fantastic change -- bearing the secrets of nature, multiplying the nations, placing in uncertain hands new weapons for mastery and destruction, shaking old values and uprooting old ways. our destiny in the midst of change will rest on the unchanged character of our people and on their faith. they came here -- the exile and

the stranger, brave but frightened -- to find a place where a man could be his own man. they made a covenant with this land. conceived in justice, written in liberty, bound in union, it was meant one day to inspire the hopes of all mankind. and it binds us still. if we keep 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. 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 hand and the strengths of our spirit. i do not believe that the great society is the ordered, changeless, and sterile battalion. it is the excitement of

becoming, always becoming, trying, probing, falling, resting, and trying again, but always trying and always gaining. [applause] in each generation, with toil and tears, we have had to earn our heritage again. if we fail now, then we will have forgotten in abundance what we learned in hardship. that democracy rests on faith,

that freedom asks more than it gives, and the judgment of god is harshest on those most favored. if we succeed, it will not be because of what we have, but it will be because of what we are. not because of what we own, but rather because of what we believe. [applause]

for we are a nation of believers. underneath the clamor of buildings and the rush of our day's pursuits, we are believers in justice and liberty and in our own union. we believe that every man must some day be free. [applause] and we believe in ourselves. and that is the mistake that our enemies have always made.

in my lifetime, in depression and in war, they have awaited our defeat. each time, from the secret places of the american heart, came forth the faith that they could not see or that they could not even imagine. and it brought us victory. and it will again. [applause] for this is what america is all about. it is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed ridge. it is the star that is not

reached and the harvest that is sleeping in the unplowed ground. is our world gone? we say farewell. is a new world coming? we welcome it, and we will bend it to the hopes of man. [applause] and to these trusted public servants and to my family, and those close friends of mine who have followed me down a long winding road, and to all the

people of this union and the world, i will repeat today what i said on that sorrowful day in november last year: i will lead and i will do the best i can. [applause] but you, you must look within your own hearts to the old promises and to the old dreams. they will lead you best of all. for myself, i ask only in the words of an ancient leader:

"give me now wisdom and knowledge, that i may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so great?" [applause] >> c-spanshop.org is c-span's online store. browse through our latest collection of c-span products, apparel, books, home decor, and accessories. there is something for every

c-span fan, and every purchase helps support our nonprofit organizations. shop now are anytime at c-spanshop.org. >> are american histy tv stories historic inaugural speech is takes us now to january 1960 nine. former vice president 19 -- richard nixon had won the white house by defeating two candidates, mr. nixon was the first non- incumbent vice president to be elected president. that would not happen again until joe biden defeated trump in 2020. mr. nixon went on to win a second term in 1972, but resigned two years later during the watergate investigation. temperatures for inauguration day were around 35 degrees with some rain and sleet. this was the last presidential swearing-in by chief justice earl warren.