Inauguration Quotes - Page 2

• [Donald Trump's inauguration] will be the first one that I miss since I've been in Congress. You cannot be at home with something that you feel that is wrong, is not right.

  John Lewis

  Home, Missing, Firsts

  Source: www.refinery29.com

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• On February 17th, Four weeks from [Barack Obama's] inauguration, he signed a bill which saved or created 4 million jobs.

  Nancy Pelosi

  Jobs, Four, Bills

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• I feel like the fellow in jail who is watching his scaffold being built." (On construction of reviewing stands for inauguration of his successor John F Kennedy)

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Success, Jail, Age

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• We chose to frame "March" around the inauguration of Barack Obama because it was such an important moment in the story of the Civil Rights Movement. It wasn't the fulfillment of Dr. [Martin Luther] King's dream, but it was a major down payment.

  Andrew Aydin

  Dream, Kings, Rights

  Source: www.salon.com

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• Even here in America, we felt the cool, refreshing breeze of freedom when Nelson Mandela took the seat of Presidency in his country where formerly he was not even allowed to vote. We were enlarged by tears of pride as we saw Nelson Mandela's former prison guards invited, courteously, by him to watch from the front rows his inauguration.

  Maya Angelou

  Leadership, Wisdom, Country

  'His Day Is Done' - Poem in Tribute to Nelson Mandela, delivered December 2013

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• I spoke to Putin twice. He called me on the election. Vladimir Putin called me on the inauguration. We had a very good talk, especially the second one, lasted for a pretty long period of time. But have nothing to do with Russia. To the best of my knowledge, no person that I deal with does.

  Donald Trump

  Long, Election, Very Good

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I have just repeated word for word the oath taken by George Washington 200 years ago, and the Bible on which I placed my hand is the Bible on which he placed his. It is right that the memory of Washington be with us today, not only because this is our Bicentennial Inauguration, but because Washington remains the Father of our Country.

  George H. W. Bush

  Country, Memories, Father

  Presidential Inaugural Address, delivered 20 January 1989

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• The military progress both in Syria and in Iraq has been remarkable since President Donald Trump's inauguration. We have continued to liberate areas. We are making tremendous progress in liberating Mosul in Iraq, working with coalition forces, we're moving to position to liberate Raqqa.

  Rex W. Tillerson

  Military, Moving, Progress

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• I just think to be in that place, to be surrounded as I will and for my brief moment in the inauguration ceremony by my wife and by my children and my daughter-in-law, with family looking on from behind us in the platform and many Hoosiers coming to be out in the crowds, I expect - it's again, it will be very, very humbling.

  Mike Pence

  Daughter, Children, Thinking

  Source: www.dailyjournal.net

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• But we must admit the possibility that continued investigation and experience will bring us ever nearer to that solemn moment, when the first man will rise from earth by means of wings, if only for a few seconds, and mark that historical moment which heralds the inauguration of a new era in our civilization.

  Otto Lilienthal

  Mean, Men, Civilization

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• The imprudent Maximus disregarded these salutary considerations: he gratified his resentment and ambition; he saw the bleeding corpse of Valentinian at his feet; and he heard himself saluted Emperor by the unanimous voice of the senate and people. But the day of his inauguration was the last day of his happiness.

  Edward Gibbon

  Ambition, Voice, Feet

  Edward Gibbon (2015). “History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire V3: the History Focus”, p.235, 谷月社

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• [If not re-elected in 1864] then it will be my duty to so co-operate with the President elect, as to save the Union between the election and the inauguration; as he will have secured his election on such ground that he can not possibly save it afterwards.

  Abraham Lincoln

  President, Unions, Election

  Abraham Lincoln (2002). “Conversations With Lincoln”, p.359, Transaction Publishers

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• The bottom feeders of the entertainment industry were never invited to presidential inaugurations. The bottom feeders of the entertainment were never used as fundraisers for presidents of the United States. They were ignored. There was always a line. They were always there, and they were always who they were, and they always did what they did. The bottom feeders have now become the standard. That's what's different.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Presidential, Different, Lines

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• Inauguration Security was tighter than Kirstie Alley in a pair of spandex pants.

  Jay Leno

  Pants, Pairs, Spandex

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• Actually, you know who gave the shortest inauguration speech in history? George Washington. It was only like three minutes long. Well, sure. George Washington couldn't tell a lie.

  Jay Leno

  Lying, Long, Three

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• I don't plan to attend the inauguration [Donald Trump].

  Donald Trump

  Trump, Plans

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• If somebody loses a gig because they publicly show up at [Donald] Trump's inauguration, I guarantee you somebody else is going to hire them and pay them more than they were making whenever they got fired.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Pay, Gigs, Guarantees

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• The powers that be in entertainment are really threatening anybody that shows up at the [Donald] Trump inauguration is gonna have trouble getting a job. They're ticked off.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Jobs, Entertainment, Trouble

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• [Donald Trump] is saying that these stories of A-listers turning him down, "We're not asking 'em. I want the people at my inauguration." And I think that's probably true.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Thinking, People, Stories

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• [Donald Trump] is not cool and therefore they're very proudly pointing out that none of them are gonna perform at his inauguration.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Trump, Pointing

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• [ Age Of Trump] was something that I really wanted to do, and I also really wanted it to feel evergreen, so we made a lot of attempts not to bog it down in the campaign fight, even though we were right in the middle of that. I wanted it to be something that could live on and be a conversation piece long after this inauguration, whoever it was going to be.

  Ava DuVernay

  Fighting, Long, Age

  Source: deadline.com

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• The Academy Awards for people in Hollywood is like the Super Bowl, the presidential inauguration and winning the NBA championship rolled up into one.

  Cheo Hodari Coker

  Winning, Nba, Awards

  "Has The Academy Awards Turned A Page On #OscarsSoWhite?". "Morning Edition" with David Greene, www.npr.org. February 27, 2017.

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• In this case, the government will essentially be run by the people who are running it now. The top level [Barack] Obama appointees will leave by inauguration day.

  Lawrence O'Donnell

  Running, Government, People

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• The two inaugurations were different. The first inauguration I was thinking to myself, "Let's make sure I don't screw this up." I think there is - people always talk about how cool I am. I don't care how cool you are.

  Barack Obama

  Thinking, Two, People

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• We have a lot that we believe is in the best interests of our country,and I'm looking forward to working with Barack Obama during the campaign and then on after the inauguration.

  Hillary Clinton

  Country, Believe, Campaigns

  Source: www.wbur.org

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