An Excerpt from Lyndon B Johnson's Inaugural Address
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.
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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's 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.
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.
Comrades, this day the doublepromise I take in front of you and BB is unmine, it is fullwise all Party. Eurasia is the Party. Our comrade futureday as Eurasia and our futureday as Party depend on unone, but all. That is the doubleplus important of this plus shortday.
For all issue group, there is futureday. Some, oldtime decides. For this issue group, the decide is issue group dayorder.
Daywise, a skyfire train move towardwise rednight circle. It us think the world will be unsame for issues, or for the Party in unlong years. The next leader to stand here will see an unsame crowd group, our yeartime is a yeartime for unsame – doupleplus speedful unsame, sees the untruths of uncity, it makes Eurasia plus big, gives undecided hands new firemake for plus ungood, unsames oldspeak values, and unsames oldtime.
Our futreday unsame daywise will decide the sameful personmake of our comrades and their loyalty to BB. Comrades move here – the crimethink and the unknow, unfear but fear – to move to Eurasia, where BB safemake comrades. BB speakwrited a doublepromise with Eurasia, maked in --, speakwrited in --, togethered in allsame. Eurasia was maked to goodthink the unfears of all comrades; and it togethers comrades daywise. If we do goodthink and bellyfeel for Eurasia, we will undead goodwise.
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This is what Oceania is. It is the unwater sand and the heightful rocks. It is the glow light that is unreached and the foodtake that is unsleep in the unfood ground. ---- We greet it and we doubleplus help it to the Party goals.
And to the plus good Inner Party and to my comrades who have togethered with me on a unshort, unstraight car path, and to all comrades and all Eurasia and all world, I will againspeak what I goodspeak on that ungood day in unwarm oldtime anteyear; I will upstand together and I will doubleplus good as I make.
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