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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 notable quotes from past Inaugural Addresses:

Here are some 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."