文档介绍：Inaugural Speech of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Given in Washington, .
Inaugural Speech of
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Given in Washington, .
March 4th, 1933
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Inaugural Speech of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Given in Washington, .
President Hoover, Mr. Chief Justice, my friends:
This is a day of national consecration, and I am certain that my
fellow-Americans expect that on my induction into the Presidency I will
address them with a candor and a decision which the present situation of
our nation impels.
This is pre-eminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth,
frankly and boldly. Nor need we shrink from honestly facing conditions
in our country today. This great nation will endure as it has endured, will
revive and will prosper.
So first of all let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have
to fear. . .is fear itself. . . nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which
paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.
In every dark hour of our national life a leadership of frankness and
vigor has met with that understanding and support of the people
themselves which is essential to victory. I am convinced that you will
again give that support to leadership in these critical days. In such a spirit
on my part and on yours we face mon difficulties. They
concern, thank God, only material things. Values have shrunken