Inaugural Address.
01/19/1949
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The Constitution belongs to no one group of people and to no single branch of the Government.
We have discovered that the Constitution does not prevent us from correcting social injustice, or advancing the general welfare.
This ceremony could be no more than a magnificent burial.
I am glad that the Bill of Rights is at last to be exhibited side by side with the Constitution.