European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 16, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse R Franklin d. Roosevelt s inauguration in 1933 is remembered for his words Quot the Only thing we have to fear is fear by Mike Feinsilber the associated press b ill Clinton will be Lucky and stand with a select few presidents a if he delivers an inaugural address that anyone can quote a week later. The inaugural is the most important speech a president will deliver a his first words As president and the Only time Short of War or crisis the whole country stops to listen. But of the 51 that have been delivered in , history most were eminently forgettable and soon forgotten Only a few have lines that a student can still recite. A successful inaugural address historians agree is one that forecasts the Central theme of the Forth Omilig administration. Thus Franklin d. Roosevelt a Quot the Only thing we have to feat is Fean self Quot became the Touchstone not Only for his fight against economic collapse in 1933, but for the Battle against Hitler. It was echoed eight years later in his Quot four. Freedoms Quot speech that Laid Forth a vision for the postwar world. I and John f. Kennedy a exhortation a Quot ask not what your country can do for you ask what you can do for your country Quot a found its Echo in the peace corps the Alliance for Progress and Juk s showdown with the steel Industry Over a Price Rise. Theodore Sorensen who played a big role in drafting Kennedy s inaugural said Clinton would be Wise to keep his speech Short. The same advice came from historian James Macgregor Burns who noted Quot you be got a lot of people there standing in the an inaugural address won t succeed these experts agree if it tries to set Forth the incoming president s program it needs to Lay out his Central vision. Quot its not a policy speech it is a thematic speech a mood speech a focus Quot said Burns. Roosevelt did exactly right. A first words usually soon he said in addressing not the great suffering of the great depression or the nation s wants or its discouragement but its terror Over what the future might hold. The president gets the blame or credit for an inaugural speech that Falls Fiat or succeeds brilliantly even though everyone knows that these Days presidents done to write the words they speak. Sorensen shows in his Book Kennedy How a speechwriter can put meat on the Bones of a presidential idea. Kennedy called him to Parri Beach fla., to help him with the big speech. Quot i m sick of Reading How. We re planning another Hundred Days of miracles Quot the president elect told Sorensen. Quot lets put in that this win t be finished in a Hundred Days or a. from that thought grew this elegant passage Quot Alt this will not be finished in the first one Hundred Days. Nor will it be finished in the first one thousand Days nor in the life of this administration nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us _ following Are notable passages from other presidential inaugural addresses. A George Bush 1989 Quot our funds Are Low. We have a deficit to bring Down. We have More will than Wallet but will is what we a a Ironald Reagan 1981 Quot we Are a nation that has a government a not the other Way around. And this makes Abraham Lincoln r us special among the nations of the Earth. Our. Government has no Power except that granted it by the people it is time to Check and reverse the growth of government which shows signs of having grown beyond the consent of the Quot. A Jimmy Carter 1977 Quot let our recent mistakes bring a resurgent commitment to the Basic principles of our nation for we know that if we despise our own government we have no a a Richard m. Nixon 1969 Quot we Are caught in War wanting peace. We Are torn by division wanting Unity. We see around us empty lives wanting fulfilment. We see tasks that need doing waiting for hands to do them. To a crisis one spirit we need an answer of the a Lyndon b. Johnson 1965 Quot in a land of great wealth families must not live in hopeless poverty to a land Rich in Harvest children just must not go hungry. In a land of Healing miracles neighbors must not suffer and die unattended. In a great land of learning and scholars Young people must be taught to read and a Dwight d. Eisenhower 1957 Quot this peace we seek cannot be born of fear atone it must be rooted in the lives of nations. There must be Justice sensed and shared by All Peoples for without Justice the world can know Only a tense and unstable truce. There must be Law steadily invoked and respected by All nations for without Law the world promises Only such meager Justice As the pity of Thomas Jefferson the Strong upon the a Harry s. Truman 1949 Quot slowly but surely we Are weaving a world fabric of International Security and growing Prosperity. We Are aided by All who wish to live in Freedom from fear a even by those who live today in fear own governments we Are aided by All who want Relief from the lies of propaganda a who desire truth and sincerity. We Are aided by All who desire self government and a voice in deciding their own affairs. Our allies Are the millions who hunger and thirst after righteousness Quot. A William Mckinley 1897 Quot a deficiency is inevitable so Long As the expenditures of the government exceed its receipts. It can Only be met by Loans of an increased Revenue. While a Large annual surplus of Revenue May invite waste and extravagance inadequate Revenue creates distrust and undermines Public and private credit neither should be a Abraham Lincoln 865 Quot with malice toward none with Charity for All with firmness in the right As god gives us to see the right let us strive on to finish the work we Are in to bind up the nations wounds to care for him who shall have borne the Battle and for his widow and his orphan to do All which May achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with Alt nations Quot a Thomas Jefferson 1801 Quot if there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union or to change its Republican form let them stared undisturbed As monuments of the safety with which error of opinion May be tolerated where reason is left free to combat a George Washington 1789 Quot no people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible hand which conducts the affairs of men More than those of the United . A real american waiting to see what happens when ceremonies end by Felicity Barringer the new York times t Homas Caviness Isnit going. He Isnit in the mood. Bernadino Carie is curious tout she has t quite caught. The spirit along Georgia Avenue which is Bill Clinton s designated Symbol of the real America in Washington d.c., they. Might As Well be watching the birth of the Clinton administration from Kalamazoo. To hear the people along Georgia Avenue discuss it the inauguration just tour Miles and a few Days away eels like a coniing attraction at a Cinema Complex in. Suburban Silver Spring. Clinton s High Energy inaugural machine has been busily pumping up. Its five Day festival of symbolism a High concept political miniseries. Starring Clinton and his family with appearances by Jefferson Lincoln the. Liberty Bell and the american people. But it just does t matter much to Georgia Avenue a a the president elect touched them deeply when he visited their stores. Shortly after his election bridging the Gap Between the Marble grandeur of Pennsylvania Avenue and the Brick and boards of their own neighbourhood. They Are Happy to see the same spirit in his inaugural. But they Arentt exactly excited., Quot you have to be in the mood Quot said Caviness 68, owner of Tynisha Sart and gift shop As he photocopied some of the press clippings from Clinton s mid november visit to his Block of. Black Blue Collar Washington. Quot some of this is a quest for publicity and some of it is an attempt to Send a message that he a a Down to Earth president. But in a not going. I have Little use for . Quot i Haven t really decided if i want to go Quot said Carie a Hairdresser As she spun a customer s hair around a curler. She was pleased though that a neighbor 9-year-old Tiara Dews will be going Quot to Tiara and her. Mother Cheri Dews Are going to be part of the faces of Hope lunch and Tiara is attending an inaugural Ball one of 11 in a Quot special designer gown Quot a paid for by the inaugural committee. A few Miles away Richard Mintz communications director for the presidential inaugural committee was describing the process As Quot like putting together a Fortune 500 his committee should not be confused with the armed forces inaugural committee the joint congressional committee on inaugural celebrations or any of the dozens of unofficial events that Are using the Quot inaugural Quot name. The official events alone Are enough to cause a run on roman numerals. There a inaugural i the bus ride. Inaugural ii the Bell ringing inaugural Iii the fireworks. And that s just on sunday Well before the diplomatic reception America s reunion on the mail the four formal dinners the concerts at the capital Center the show business salutes to children and youth at the Kennedy Center and the actual inauguration at the . Capitol on wednesday at 11 30 a.m., with an anticipated crowd of 250,000 looking on. On the unofficial Side the Celebration of Promise is also a Celebration of political and economic pragmatism. For instance the Arkansas St the society has arranged a gala event for the Home state Folk. The organization rounded up Money from nine Fortune 500 companies mostly telecommunications Energy and Timber and four major Trade associations Bankers insurers and Smalt businesses Jagt defray the costs. Washington fax machines accustomed to spitting out ponderous. Statements on Trade and telecommunications policy Are suddenly producing exclamation Point tilled notices of inaugural events to remember. One group advertising yet another Elvis look alike at yet another party even put an exclamation Point biter the word Quot fax Quot in Quot fax your response Quot indicating the event was too a uniting to miss and that mailing an acceptance could result in the recipient s doing so. A. I the taxes however Are not going up to Georgia Avenue. J Quot the inauguration s Nice Quot said Elizabeth Neal 69, who lives above Vong to Chongas liquor store Quot but the lost important thing is what s going to Lappen afterwards. Because we be had hard that s what the people in the neighbourhood really want to see i a Bill Clinton has touched the \ people of Urban Washington but most of them Aren t planning to attend inaugural events. Page 18 the stars and stripes saturday 1# 16 19> the stars and stripes Page 19
