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The '''Inaugural Address''' is the speech by an elected [[American]] [[President]] just after he is sworn into office on [[January]] 20th by the Chief Justice.  The [[Twentieth Amendment]] advanced the date for the new president to take office from [[March]] 4th to January 20th, in order to reduce the [[lame duck]] period.

The '''Inaugural Address''' is the speech by an elected [[American]] [[President]] just after he is sworn into office on [[January]] 20th by the Chief Justice.  The [[Twentieth Amendment]] advanced the date for the new president to take office from [[March]] 4th to January 20th, in order to reduce the [[lame duck]] period.

Here are some quotes from past Inaugural Addresses:

Here are some notable quotes from past Inaugural Addresses:

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]] (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 [[Jimmy Carter]] (1977): "'What does the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God.'"  

President [[Jimmy Carter]] (1977): "'What does the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God.'"  

President [[Ronald Reagan]] (1981): "With God's help, we can and will resolve the problems which now confront us. And after all, why shouldn't we believe that? We are Americans."  

President [[Ronald Reagan]] (1981): "In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem."  

President [[George H.W. Bush]] (1989): "I have just repeated word for word the oath taken by George Washington 200 years ago, and the Bible on which I place my hand is the Bible on which he placed his."

President [[George H.W. Bush]] (1989): "I have just repeated word for word the oath taken by George Washington 200 years ago, and the Bible on which I place my hand is the Bible on which he placed his."