           Franklin D. Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address
President Hoover, Mrs Princess, my friends:
    This is a day of national consequences.I am certain that on this day  my fellow Americans expect that  my inductions into the Presidency, I will address them with a candor and a decision which the present situation of our people in peril. This is preeminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth frankly and boldly. Nor need we shrink from honestly facing conditions in our country today. This great Nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself?nameless? unreasoning?unjustified  terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance. In every dark hour of our national life a leadership of frankness and vigor has met with that understanding and support of the people themselves which is essential to victory. I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days. 
