i, richard, bill house nixon. do solemnly swear. that you will faithfully execute the office that i will face. fully execute the office of president of the united states as president of the united states, and will to the best of your ability and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and repair, reserve, protect and defend the constitu of the united states, the constitu of the united states. so help god. so help me god. senator dirksen, mr. chief justice. mr. president. president johnson. vice president humphrey. my fellow americans and my fellow citizens of the world community. i ask you to with me today, the majesty of this moment and the orderly transfer of power. we celebrate the unity keeps us free. each moment in history, a fleeting time, precious and unique. but some out as moments of beginning in which courses are set that shape decades or centuries. this can be such a moment for forces now are converging that make possible for the first time. the hope that many of man's deepest aspirations can at last be realize