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Franklin Delano Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address
Franklin Delano Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address
Franklin Delano Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address
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    Title: Franklin Delano Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address

    Author: Franklin Delano Roosevelt

    Release Date: May 14, 2008 [EBook #104]

    Language: English

    *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FDR'S FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS ***


    Inaugural Address

    of

    Franklin Delano Roosevelt

    Given in Washington, D.C.

    March 4th, 1933


    President Hoover, Mr. Chief Justice, my friends:

    This is a day of national consecration, and I am certain that on this day 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 people impels. This is preeminently 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 of vigor has met

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