LAD #28 FDR First Inaugural

Franklin D. Roosevelt held his first inaugural address on Saturday, March 4, 1933. The newly elected president opened his speech with one of the most famous quotes of all time…”the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” He then acknowledged many things that the country has to work on, such as taxes, trade, ability to pay, and other things. He stated, referring to the current conditions of the country that only the fooling optimist can deny the dark reality of the current state. It is up to us to carry ourselves out of this and to start to creep out of depression. His primary task would be to put the people to work. Also he called for there to be supervision of banking credit and that there must be provisions for an adequate and sound currency. Also improvements in trade and in the general morale of the country need to be strengthened. Roosevelt strongly believed that the American people had the capability to accomplish what he was asking and that we would overcome all of these atrocities together.