○  putting american back to work  ○

re to look. you can see heroes every day going in and out of factory gates. others, a handful in number, produce enough food to feed all of us and then the world beyond. you meet heroes across a counter -- and they’re on both sides of that counter. there are entrepreneurs with faith in themselves and faith in an idea who create new jobs, new wealth and opportunity.

there are individuals and families whose taxes support the government and whose voluntary gifts support church, charity, culture, art, and education. their patriotism is quiet but deep. their values sustain our national life.

now i have used the words “they” and “their” in speaking of these heroes. i could say “you” and “your” because i’m addressing the heroes of whom i speak -- you, the citizens of this blessed land. your dreams, your hopes, your goals are going to be the dreams, the hopes, and the goals of this administration, so help me god.

we shall reflect the compassion that is so much a part of your make-up. how can we love our country and not love our countrymen -- and loving them reach out a hand when they fall, heal them when they’re sick, and provide opportunity to make them self-sufficient so they will be equal in fact and not just in theory? can we solve the problems confronting us? well the answer is an unequivocal and emphatic "yes." to paraphrase winston churchill, i did not take the oath i’ve just taken with the intention of presiding over the dissolution of the world’s strongest economy.

in the days ahead, i will propose removing the roadblocks that have slowed our economy and reduced productivity. steps will be taken aimed at restoring the balance between the various levels of government. progress may be slow -- measured in inches and feet, not miles -- but we will progress. it is time to reawaken this industrial giant, to get government bac

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