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By Benjamin Harrison
The oath taken in the presence of the people becomes a mutual covenant.
- Source
- Inaugural Address, March 4, 1889
- Read at
- The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara
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From Benjamin Harrison's inaugural address on March 4, 1889. He is explaining why a President takes the oath in public: the officer promises to serve everyone, and the people promise to support the Constitution and the Union.