I Do Believe, With All My Heart

My Goal Is For A Cooperative World At Peace, Using Its Resources To Build, Not To Destroy.

If You Have Not Chosen Me By Secret Ballot, Neither Have I Gained Office By Any Secret Promises. I Have Not Campaigned Either For The Presidency Or The Vice Presidency. I Have Not Subscribed To Any Partisan Platform. I Am Indebted To No Man, And Only To One Womanmy Dear Wifeas I Begin This Very Difficult Job.

We Have Come Tardily To The Tremendous Task Of Cleaning Up Our Environment. We Should Have Moved With Similar Zeal At Least A Decade Ago. But No Purpose Is Served By Post-mortems. With Visionary Zeal But The Greatest Realism, We Must Now Address Ourselves To The Vast Problems That Confront Us.

I Believe That Truth Is The Glue That Holds Government Together, Not Only Our Government But Civilization Itself. That Bond, Though Strained, Is Unbroken At Home And Abroad. In All My Public And Private Acts As Your President, I Expect To Follow My Instincts Of Openness And Candor With Full Confidence That Honesty Is Always The Best Policy In The End. My Fellow Americans, Our Long National Nightmare Is Over.

I Am The First To Admit That I Am No Great Orator Or No Person That Got Where I Have Gotten By Any William Jennings Bryan Technique.