The Next Inaugural Washington, DC
January 21st, 2009
By Stirling Newberry
t r u t h o u t Perspective
Friday 16 September 2005
Friends, Americans, and all who listen --
We, the people, have come to this place, as our ancestors did, to begin anew the American adventure. To renew her covenants, to restore her honor, to rebuild her cities, towns, and farms, to re-establish her credit, and to reshape her future. Last November we had an American revolution; it is now our task to enact an American restoration.
We are setting aside an old age, ending its actions, abolishing its decrees, and turning, once and for all, a heavy page of history. We will not forget the fallen, those who died in duty, in our defense, or in the old era's disasters. We have not forsaken our friends, forsworn our debts, or forgone our burdens. But we will not repeat the mistakes that have cost so many so much.
America has awakened and found itself in a new day, which we must now seize. We have passed through a long, turbulent night of the American soul, and the light that pours in now shows us a world, and an America, that are not what we wish them to be. The policies of borrow and squander block our growth, blacken our reputation, and burden our people. We will no longer pare down our reserves, but instead prepare for such reverses as may come. America will lose no more cities to casual negligence and manifest incompetence.
Where we were promised prosperity, we find perdition. Where we were promised rebuilding, we find wreckage. Where we were promised victory and valor, we find instead ruin and reaction. Where we were promised unity, we find instead usury.
Let us vow, then, to set ourselves to the task of making this America, our America. Let us no longer have the living work for the dead, nor the present for the past. We realize that we will not find vindication in violence, nor build peace on others' poverty. America's fortune is not a treasure that can be hoarded, because freedom is the one thing that grows more valuable the more people possess it. Jefferson reminded us that the tree of liberty is watered by the blood of patriots. But also by their sweat and tears. >>>continued
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By Stirling Newberry
t r u t h o u t Perspective
Friday 16 September 2005
Friends, Americans, and all who listen --
We, the people, have come to this place, as our ancestors did, to begin anew the American adventure. To renew her covenants, to restore her honor, to rebuild her cities, towns, and farms, to re-establish her credit, and to reshape her future. Last November we had an American revolution; it is now our task to enact an American restoration.
We are setting aside an old age, ending its actions, abolishing its decrees, and turning, once and for all, a heavy page of history. We will not forget the fallen, those who died in duty, in our defense, or in the old era's disasters. We have not forsaken our friends, forsworn our debts, or forgone our burdens. But we will not repeat the mistakes that have cost so many so much.
America has awakened and found itself in a new day, which we must now seize. We have passed through a long, turbulent night of the American soul, and the light that pours in now shows us a world, and an America, that are not what we wish them to be. The policies of borrow and squander block our growth, blacken our reputation, and burden our people. We will no longer pare down our reserves, but instead prepare for such reverses as may come. America will lose no more cities to casual negligence and manifest incompetence.
Where we were promised prosperity, we find perdition. Where we were promised rebuilding, we find wreckage. Where we were promised victory and valor, we find instead ruin and reaction. Where we were promised unity, we find instead usury.
Let us vow, then, to set ourselves to the task of making this America, our America. Let us no longer have the living work for the dead, nor the present for the past. We realize that we will not find vindication in violence, nor build peace on others' poverty. America's fortune is not a treasure that can be hoarded, because freedom is the one thing that grows more valuable the more people possess it. Jefferson reminded us that the tree of liberty is watered by the blood of patriots. But also by their sweat and tears. >>>continued
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