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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. Nor need we shrink from honestly facing ...
The FDR Library, with support from AT&T, Marist College and the Roosevelt Institute launches online one of its most in-demand archival collections – FDR’s Master Speech File – over 46,000 pages of drafts, reading copies, and transcripts created throughout FDR's political career.
The following is a list of recorded utterances by FDR that are housed within the Audio/Visual Collections at the FDR Presidential Library. Each of the recordings listed below has been digitized, and users can stream and/or download the audio files (mp3) directly from this page.
First inaugural address. Printed by the United States Government Printing Office, Washington D.C. in large type for easier reading by Roosevelt. Limited edition of special copies. First printing. People. Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945. Historical Era. Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945. Subjects. Inaugural Address. President.
Roosevelt’s First Inaugural Address includes the famous line— “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” It’s generally believed that Roosevelt’s political adviser Louis Howe added these words to the speech. But Howe’s source is a mystery.
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.
21 lis 2023 · FDR's inaugural address in 1933 was a great departure from President Hoover who was known to deliver dry and dreary speeches. This was an impassioned speech that inspired hope in the American...
