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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 of vigor has met with that understanding and support of the ...
“Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself”: FDR’s First Inaugural Address. Franklin D. Roosevelt had campaigned against Herbert Hoover in the 1932 presidential election by saying as little as possible about what he might do if elected.
In this week’s Dispatches from The Secret Library, Dr Oliver Tearle examines the origins of a famous phrase ‘We have nothing to fear except fear itself.’ Those words – and the sentiment they convey – are inextricably bound up with Franklin D. Roosevelt.
It follows the full text transcript of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address, also called The Only Thing We Have to Fear is Fear Itself speech, delivered on the East Portico of the U.S. Capitol at Washington D.C. - March 4, 1933.
Where did the line in FDR’s First Inaugural Address, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself,” come from? Did he write it? Answer. Columbia University professor Raymond Moly wrote most of Roosevelt’s speech, and talked over his initial drafts with the president-elect.
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.
Franklin D. Roosevelt's statement, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself," was meant to inspire courage and resilience during the Great Depression. It emphasized that...
First Inaugural Address 1933. FDR tells Americans the only thing they have to fear is fear itself. FDR's first inauguration, 1933. Architect of the Capitol. March 4, 1933. I am...
Apr 14, 2019 · Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first inaugural address is perhaps the most famous speech of its kind in American history, with its memorable phrase, “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
Nov 24, 2009 · In his famous inaugural address, he outlined his “New Deal” plans and told Americans that “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”