    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 42, Number 3 (Monday, January 23, 2006)]
    [Page 76]
    [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    Remarks to Reporters Following a Visit to the National Archives and
    Records Administration

    January 16, 2006

        It seems fitting on Martin Luther King Day that I come and look at
    the Emancipation Proclamation in its original form. Abraham Lincoln
    recognized that all men are created equal. Martin Luther King lived on
    that admonition to call our country to a higher calling, and today we
    celebrate the life of an American who called Americans to account when
    we didn't live up to our ideals.
        Allen, thanks for having me. I would strongly recommend our fellow
    citizens come to this house of archives--a house that archives a lot of
    our important documents. It's really an amazing place; it's really
    fascinating. I appreciate you and your staff, thanking you.
        All right, thank you all. See you later today.

    Note: The President spoke at 9 a.m. in the East Rotunda Gallery. In his
    remarks, he referred to Archivist of the United States Allen Weinstein.
    A tape was not available for verification of the content of these
    remarks.