“There are many ways in which it can be helped, but it can never be helped by merely talking about it. We must act. We must act quickly.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt
First Inaugural Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt (Primary source)
FDR’s First Inaugural Address marked a turning point in American history as the nation grappled with the depths of the Great Depression. Speaking to a fearful and economically devastated public, Roosevelt declared, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself”—a call for confidence and collective action in the face of crisis.
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