HISTORIC SPEECHES
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Second Inaugural Address
Philadelphia
March 4, 1793
Fellow Citizens:
I am again called upon by the voice of my country to execute
the functions of its Chief Magistrate. When the occasion
proper for it shall arrive, I shall endeavor to express
the high sense I entertain of this distinguished honor,
and of the confidence which has been reposed in me by the
people of united America.
Previous to the execution of any official act of the President
the Constitution requires an oath of office. This oath
I am now about to take, and in your presence: That if it
shall be found during my administration of the Government
I have in any instance violated willingly or knowingly
the injunctions thereof, I may (besides incurring constitutional
punishment) be subject to the upbraidings of all who are
now witnesses of the present solemn ceremony.
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