In this moment in time
with struggle and strife,
war and oppression challenging
battles within our nation,
around the globe,
threatening our world
Words that bind, that
bring us together
as a people, as a nation,
simple words, an oath
a pledge to guard what we have created
to remain a nation of laws,
and to make this a better world
January
21, 2013
Martin
Luther King, Jr. Day
and
his final speech before his assassination
and
Inauguration of the President
Barack
Hussein Obama
Invocation
by
Myrlie Evers-Williams
Inaugural
Address
&
&
several
poems written in 2009
on
the juxtaposition of the
80th
birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
and
the inauguration of Barack Obama
as
President of the United States of America
January 17, 2009
and the Presidential Oath, from the
US Constitution, Article I, Section 1, Clause 8,
repeated verbatim by the presidents. The only language in
quotes
in the Constitution, unlike the general principles
elsewhere.
"I do solemnly swear (or
affirm) that I will faithfully
execute the office of
President of the United States,
and will to the best of my
ability, preserve, protect and defend
the Constitution of the
United States."
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Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011,
2012, 2013. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage.
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