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First Inaugural Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt. SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1933. 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 preeminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly.
In this dedication of a nation we humbly ask the blessing of God. May He protect each and every one of us! May He guide me in the days to come! [From "Text of the Inaugural Address: President for Vigorous Action," The New York Times, 5 March 1933.]
First Inaugural Address. Franklin D. Roosevelt March 4, 1933 (abridged) 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.
The inauguration took place in the wake of Democrat Roosevelt's landslide victory over Republican incumbent Herbert Hoover in the 1932 presidential election. With the nation at its peak of the Great Depression , Roosevelt's inaugural speech was awaited with great anticipation.
By 1:30 in the morning the inauguration speech was done.11. Only 11 years after his death in 1945, it is clear that Roosevelt's first inaugural address had become a speech of mythic origins, authored by an increasingly presence. And Burns was on the leading edge of that myth.
12 lip 2023 · The Project Gutenberg eBook of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s First Inaugural Address, by Franklin Delano Roosevelt This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever.
14 kwi 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.”
