LAD#28- FDR's First Inaugural Address

On March 4^th 1933, Franklin Delano Roosevelt became the 32^nd president of the United States, and began what would be the longest running presidency in the history of the United States. In the beginning of his speech he states that “The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself” he means that the only thing holding this nation back is fear that slows our progress. He continues on to list the problems with the current government, the biggest of which being unemployment. However, he then lists the positives that are still present within this nation. In the next few paragraphs he states that money isn’t everything, and that his administration intends to help get the nation back on tract, and that their biggest challenge was to get people working again as that will jump start the nation. In the following paragraphs he lists other things that need to be done in addition to creating jobs. Nearing the end he states that this effort will need the help of all Americans and that with that, America will endure, it must endure. He concludes by basically restating that America will come back, and asks for the help of god.