Oath of Office Administered by Chief Justice Warren Burger

CHIEF JUSTICE WARREN BURGER: Governor Carter, are you prepared to take the constitutional oath?

PRESIDENT-ELECT CARTER: I am.

BURGER: Would you place your left hand on the Bible and raise your right hand and repeat after me?

I, Jimmy Carter do solemnly swear...

CARTER: I, Jimmy Carter do solemnly swear...

BURGER: ...that I will faithfully execute...

CARTER: ...that I will faithfully execute...

BURGER: ...the office of President of the United States...

CARTER: ...the office of President of the United States...

BURGER: ...and will to the best of my ability...

CARTER: ...and will to the best of my ability...

BURGER: ...preserve, protect, and defend...

CARTER: ...preserve, protect, and defend...

BURGER: ...the Constitution of the United States.

CARTER: ...the Constitution of the United States.

BURGER: So help me God.

CARTER: So help me God.