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Governor Pete Wilson Inaugural Address January 2, 1995
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| Parent | Parent Candidate |
| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Post Date | , 12:am |
| Description | "California: Forging America's Future"
This is a day of renewal. Today, we recommit ourselves to that miracle we call democracy, and to the spirit and promise we call California.
That spirit and promise burn brightest not here in the Capitol, but in the hearts and minds of California's people — in our factories and on our farms, in our churches and our temples, in our classrooms and around our kitchen tables.
This morning's ceremony is a celebration, and also a vindication: a vindication not of an individual or political party, but of a resilient and sturdy people blessed with courage and character. Though tested and tempered in the forge of adversity, they came through the fire, their faith intact, clinging tenaciously to the promise of California.
When the earth shook and the hills burned, when rivers overflowed and riots scarred our cities, when drought seared the earth and fiscal crises tested our confidence in government itself, a lesser people would have just given up.
But not Californians. That's not the California Way.
When confronted with the worst, we respond with our best.
That is the California Way.
Californians have always answered adversity with bold thoughts and challenged convention with fresh ideas. They have always dared to dream.
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