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1981 - Color, President Reagan: Inauguration & Inaugural Address (entire). 20Jan81 Card 4 of 4
14:26:07 Continued... Our forbearance should never be misunderstood. Our reluctance for conflict should not be misjudged as a failure of will. When action is required to preserve our national security, we will act. We will maintain sufficient strength to prevail if need be, knowing that if we do so we have the best chance of never having to use that strength. Above all, we must realize that no arsenal or no weapon in the arsenals of the world is so formidable as the will & moral courage of free men & women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have. It is a weapon that we as Americans do have. Let that be understood by those who practice terrorism & prey upon their neighbors. (applause)
14:27:09 I'm told that tens of thousands of prayer meetings are being held on this day, & for that I'm deeply grateful. We are a nation under God, & I believe God intended for us to be free. It would be fitting & good, I think, if on each Inaugural Day in future years it should be declared a day of prayer.
14:27:33 This is the first time in our history that this ceremony has been held, as you've been told, on this West Front of the Capitol. Standing here, one faces a magnificent vista, opening up on this city's special beauty & history. At the end of this open mall are those shrines to the giants on whose shoulders we stand.
Directly in front of me the monument to a monumental man, George Washington, father of our country. A man of humility who came to greatness reluctantly. He led America out of revolutionary victory into infant nationhood. Off to one side, the stately memorial to Thomas Jefferson. The Declaration of Independence flames w/ his eloquence. And then, beyond the Reflecting Pool, the dignified columns of the Lincoln Memorial. Whoever would understand in his heart the meaning of America will find it in the life of Abraham Lincoln. Beyond those monuments to heroism is the Potomac River & on the far shore the sloping hills of Arlington National Cemetery w/ its row upon row of simple white markers bearing crosses or Stars of David. They add up to only a tiny fraction of the price that has been paid for our freedom.
14:29:07 Each one of those markers is a monument to the kind of hero I spoke of earlier. Their lives ended in places called Belleau Wood, The Argonne, Omaha Beach, Salerno & halfway around the world on Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Pork Chop Hill, the Chosin Reservoir and in a hundred rice paddies & jungles of a place called Vietnam. Under one such marker lies a young man, Martin Treptow, who left his job in a small town barbershop in 1917 to go to France w/ the famed Rainbow Division. There on the western front, he was killed trying to carry a message between battalions under heavy artillery fire. We're told that on his body was found a diary. On the flyleaf under the heading, ``My Pledge,'' he had written these words: ``America must win this war. Therefore I will work, I will save, I will sacrifice, I will endure, I will fight cheerfully & do my utmost as if the issue of the whole struggle depended on me alone.''
14:30:37 The crisis we are facing today does not require of us the kind of sacrifice that Martin Treptow & so many thousands of others were called upon to make. It does require however, our best effort & our willingness to believe in ourselves & to believe in our capacity to perform great deeds, to believe that together w/ God's help we can & will resolve the problems which now confront us.
14:31:10 And after all, why shouldn't we believe that? We are Americans. God bless you, and thank you.
Presidential Speeches; Conservatives; Cold War;
NOTE: A portion or entire speech on four cards, 14:08:53 - 14:31:45, sold at per reel rate.
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NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk 1981 - Color, President Reagan: Inauguration & Inaugural Address (entire). 20Jan81 Card 4 of 4 14:26:07 Continued... Our forbearance should never be misunderstood. Our reluctance for conflict should not be misjudged as a failure of will. When action is required to preserve our national security, we will act. We will maintain sufficient strength to prevail if need be, knowing that if we do so we have the best chance of never having to use that strength. Above all, we must realize that no arsenal or no weapon in the arsenals of the world is so formidable as the will & moral courage of free men & women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have. It is a weapon that we as Americans do have. Let that be understood by those who practice terrorism & prey upon their neighbors. (applause) 14:27:09 I'm told that tens of thousands of prayer meetings are being held on this day, & for that I'm deeply grateful. We are a nation under God, & I believe God intended for us to be free. It would be fitting & good, I think, if on each Inaugural Day in future years it should be declared a day of prayer. 14:27:33 This is the first time in our history that this ceremony has been held, as you've been told, on this West Front of the Capitol. Standing here, one faces a magnificent vista, opening up on this city's special beauty & history. At the end of this open mall are those shrines to the giants on whose shoulders we stand. Directly in front of me the monument to a monumental man, George Washington, father of our country. A man of humility who came to greatness reluctantly. He led America out of revolutionary victory into infant nationhood. Off to one side, the stately memorial to Thomas Jefferson. The Declaration of Independence flames w/ his eloquence. And then, beyond the Reflecting Pool, the dignified columns of the Lincoln Memorial. Whoever would understand in his heart the meaning of America will find it in the life of Abraham Lincoln. Beyond those monuments to heroism is the Potomac River & on the far shore the sloping hills of Arlington National Cemetery w/ its row upon row of simple white markers bearing crosses or Stars of David. They add up to only a tiny fraction of the price that has been paid for our freedom. 14:29:07 Each one of those markers is a monument to the kind of hero I spoke of earlier. Their lives ended in places called Belleau Wood, The Argonne, Omaha Beach, Salerno & halfway around the world on Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Pork Chop Hill, the Chosin Reservoir and in a hundred rice paddies & jungles of a place called Vietnam. Under one such marker lies a young man, Martin Treptow, who left his job in a small town barbershop in 1917 to go to France w/ the famed Rainbow Division. There on the western front, he was killed trying to carry a message between battalions under heavy artillery fire. We're told that on his body was found a diary. On the flyleaf under the heading, ``My Pledge,'' he had written these words: ``America must win this war. Therefore I will work, I will save, I will sacrifice, I will endure, I will fight cheerfully & do my utmost as if the issue of the whole struggle depended on me alone.'' 14:30:37 The crisis we are facing today does not require of us the kind of sacrifice that Martin Treptow & so many thousands of others were called upon to make. It does require however, our best effort & our willingness to believe in ourselves & to believe in our capacity to perform great deeds, to believe that together w/ God's help we can & will resolve the problems which now confront us. 14:31:10 And after all, why shouldn't we believe that? We are Americans. God bless you, and thank you. Presidential Speeches; Conservatives; Cold War; NOTE: A portion or entire speech on four cards, 14:08:53 - 14:31:45, sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk