President Joe Biden reiterated his calls for unity and insisted he believes the 'best is yet to come' for the nation during his speech at the primetime inauguration special, Celebrating America, on Wednesday night. Speaking at the Lincoln Memorial just hours after he was sworn into office as the 46th US President, Biden said: 'It is humbling to stand here in this place in front of these sacred words. Humbling out of respect to President Lincoln and the office we now share and humbling because of you, the American people. 'As I said earlier today, we have learned again that democracy is precious and because of you democracy has prevailed.' Biden continued that he and First Lady Jill, in addition to Vice President Kamala Harris and Doug, 'wanted to make sure out inauguration was not about us but about you, the American people.' 'This is a great nation. We're a good people and [to] overcome the challenges in front of us requires the most elusive of all things in a democracy - unity. It requires us to come together in common love that defines us as Americans,' he said.
President Biden watches inauguration fireworks from the Truman Balcony with Jill and his family after he stood at Abraham Lincoln's feet and urged Americans to 'meet the moment' and 'unify'
