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Added two of the more notable quotes from past inaugural addresses. The JFK quote might require more context from the speech - not sure if the current brevity is preferred.
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Here are some quotes from past Inaugural Addresses:
 
Here are some quotes from past Inaugural Addresses:
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President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] (1933): "So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance."
    
President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] (1945): "Almighty God has blessed our land."  
 
President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] (1945): "Almighty God has blessed our land."  
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President [[Dwight Eisenhower]] (1953): "This is the work that awaits us all, to be done with bravery, with charity, and with prayer to Almighty God."  
 
President [[Dwight Eisenhower]] (1953): "This is the work that awaits us all, to be done with bravery, with charity, and with prayer to Almighty God."  
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President [[John F. Kennedy]] (1961): "The rights of man come not from the
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President [[John F. Kennedy]] (1961): "And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country."
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generosity of the state but from the hand of God."  
      
President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] (1965): "The judgment of God is harshest on those who are most favored."
 
President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] (1965): "The judgment of God is harshest on those who are most favored."
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