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Our wealth can be transferred from the destruction of war abroad to the urgent needs of our people at home. | |
| Watch historic inaugural speeches, Saturdays at 7 p.m. Eastern on American History TV on C-SPAN 2. | ||
| Tonight, President-elect Donald Trump gives remarks at his annual New Year's Eve gala. | ||
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| The House will be in order. | ||
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| Following his loss to Ronald Reagan in the 1980 presidential election, President Jimmy Carter delivered his concession speech in Washington, D.C. | ||
| The splendid president of these United States. I promise you. | ||
| I promised you four years ago. | ||
| That I would never lie to you, so I can't stand here tonight and say it doesn't hurt. | ||
| The people of the United States have made their choice, and of course I accept that decision, | ||
| but i have to admit not with the same enthusiasm that i accepted the decision four years ago i might say i have a deep appreciation of the system that lets people make the free choice about who will lead them for the next four years. | ||
| About an hour ago, I called Governor Reagan in California, and I told him that I congratulated him for a fine victory. | ||
| I look forward to working closely with him during the next few weeks. | ||
| We'll have a very fine transition period. | ||
| I told him I wanted the best one in history, and I then sent him this telegram, and I'll read it to you. | ||
| It's now apparent that the American people have chosen you as their next president. | ||
| I congratulate you and pledge to you our fullest support and cooperation in bringing about an orderly transition of government in the weeks ahead. | ||
| My best wishes are with you and your family as you undertake the responsibilities that lie before you, and I signed it, Jimmy Carter. | ||
| Ever have to help shape the destiny of this nation. | ||
| In that effort, I've had your faithful support. | ||
| In some ways, I've been the most fortunate of all presidents because I've had the daily aid of a wise man and a good man at my side. | ||
| At my side, in my judgment, the best vice president anybody ever has. | ||
| In my judgment, the best vice president anybody ever had. | ||
| I've not achieved all I set out to do. | ||
| Perhaps no one ever does. | ||
| But we have faced the tough issues. | ||
| We've stood for and we've fought for and we have achieved some very important goals for our country. | ||
| These efforts will not end with this administration. | ||
| The effort must go on. | ||
| Nor will the progress that we have made be lost when we leave office. | ||
| The great principles that have guided this nation since its very founding will continue to guide America through the challenges of the future. | ||
| This has been a long and hard -fought campaign, as you well know. | ||
| But we must now come together as a united and a unified people to solve the problems that are still before us, to meet the challenges of a new decade. | ||
| And I urge all of you to join in with me in a sincere and fruitful effort to support my successor when he undertakes this great responsibility as president of the greatest nation on earth. | ||
| Ours is a special country because our vast economic and military strength give us a special responsibility for seeking solutions to the problems that confront the world. | ||
| But our influence will always be greater when we live up to those principles of freedom, of justice, of human rights for all people. | ||
| God has been good to me and God has been good to this country and I'm truly thankful. | ||
| I'm thankful for having been able to serve you in this capacity. | ||
| Thankful for the successes that we have had. | ||
| Thankful that to the end you were with me and every good thing that I tried to do. | ||
| There's an old Yiddish proverb that I've often thought of in the days and months that I've held this office. | ||
| It says simply, "God gives burdens also shoulders." In all the days and months when I have served you and served this country, you've readily given me your shoulders, your faith, and your prayers. | ||
| No man could ask any more of his friends. | ||
| I've wanted to serve as president because I love this country and because I love the people of this nation. | ||
| Finally, let me say that I am disappointed tonight, but I have not lost either love. | ||
| Thank you very much. | ||
| 2024 was a momentous year for C-SPAN. | ||
| From continuing our decades -old tradition of providing gavel -to -gavel coverage of the House and Senate, conferences, to landmark Supreme Court cases, and to a historic presidential election, including both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions. | ||
| Here's a look back on the year as we prepare for what's expected to be an action-packed 2025. | ||
| What kind of crack do you normally smoke, Mr. Biden? | ||
| Let me start again. | ||
| My name is Jason DeFord, but to most I am known as Jelly Roll. | ||
| My name is Brett Favre. | ||
| I appreciate the opportunity to be here. | ||
| My name is Michael Phelps. | ||
| My name is Sho Chiu, and I am the CEO of TikTok. | ||
| Have you apologized to the victims? | ||
| No. | ||
| Would you like to do so now? | ||
| They're here, you're on national television. | ||
| Would you like now to apologize to the victims? | ||
| Tonight, all eyes are on Iowa. | ||
| I am today suspending my campaign. | ||
| The New Hampshire primary. | ||
| But the time has now come to suspend my campaign. | ||
| The events were shameful, criminal, violent, all of those things, but did not qualify as insurrection. | ||
| This will be my last term as Republican leader of the Senate. | ||
| Isn't how old we are? | ||
| It's how old our ID is. | ||
| It's one of the reasons why this program is so valuable, because it does bring people together. | ||
| Without presidential immunity from criminal prosecution, there can be no presidency as we know it. | ||
| The Republican -led House will not be jammed or forced into passing a foreign aid bill. | ||
| I think providing lethal aid to Ukraine right now is critically important. | ||
| On this vote, the ayes are 311 and the nays are 112. | ||
| The bill is passed. | ||
| Declaring the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives to be vacant. | ||
| The yeas are 359, the nays are 43, with seven answering present. | ||
| Hopefully this is the end of the personality politics. | ||
| Tonight, this event is being televised live on C -SPAN. | ||
| For the next 90 minutes, we are going to be live from a brand new exhibition. | ||
| Welcome to the National Book Festival. | ||
| What's so great about C-SPAN is that you hit every side. | ||
| This was a rigged, disgraceful trial. | ||
| The real verdict is going to be November 5th. | ||
| We'd be well served to remember the long and cherished tradition we have in this country of settling our political differences at the ballot box. | ||
| Today's decision almost certainly means that there are virtually no limits on what a president can do. | ||
| Look, if we finally beat Medicare. | ||
| It was a bad night. | ||
| They're trying to push me out on the race. | ||
| I'm staying in the race! | ||
| Take a look at what happened. | ||
| I want to speak to you tonight about the need for us to lower the temperature in our politics. | ||
| The most significant operational failure of the Secret Service in decades. | ||
| I proudly accept your nomination for President of the United States. | ||
| I've decided the best way forward is to pass the torch to a new generation. | ||
| Just over a hundred days before an election, Democrat party bosses forced Joe Biden off the ballot. | ||
| There's the right to protest. | ||
| But not the right to cause chaos. | ||
| No place in America for anti -Semitism. | ||
| Give us the tools faster, and we'll finish the job faster. | ||
| We are here tonight to officially... | ||
| And you know what that... | ||
| A C-SPAN don't play. | ||
| Wait a minute, I'm talking now. | ||
| If you don't mind, please. | ||
| Does that sound familiar? | ||
| She went out, never touched by a human hand. | ||
| Certainly falls into the general definition of fascist. | ||
| That's a good looking group. | ||
| Hello everybody. | ||
| There's literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now. | ||
| Yeah. | ||
| I think it's called Puerto Rico. | ||
| Thanks for being with us on election night. | ||
| Look what happened. | ||
| This will truly be the golden age of America. | ||
| The outcome of this election is not what we wanted. | ||
| House Democrats have fallen a few seats short. | ||
| We are going to raise an America First banner above this place. | ||
| The American people have spoken. | ||
| It's a new day in the United States Senate, and it's a new day in America. | ||
| Politics is tough, and it's, in many cases, not a very nice world, but it is a nice world today, and I appreciate it very much. | ||
| A transition that's so smooth, it'll be as smooth as it can get, and I very much appreciate that, Jim. | ||
| You're welcome. | ||
| Thank you all. | ||
| President Jimmy Carter spoke about the 1980 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and condemned the actions as a threat to world peace. |