윌리엄 해리슨 대통령 취임사(William H. Harrison, 1841) - 미 역사상 최장 취임사사

8천개가 넘는 단어로 이루어진 미국 역사상 가장 긴 취임사라고 한다.  하필 이 취임사가 낭독되던 날 날씨가 추웠다고. 해리슨 대통령은 한달 뒤 폐렴으로 죽게 된다.

Called from a retirement which I had supposed was to continue for the residue of my life to fill the chief executive office of this great and free nation, I appear before you, fellow-citizens, to take the oaths which the Constitution prescribes as a necessary qualification for the performance of its duties; and in obedience to a custom coeval with our Government and what I believe to be your expectations I proceed to present to you a summary of the principles which will govern me in the discharge of the duties which I shall be called upon to perform.

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