On each national day of Inauguration since 1789, the people have renewed their sense of dedication to the United States. In Washington’s day the task of the people was to create and weld together a Nation. In Lincoln’s day the task of the people was to preserve that Nation from disruption from within. In thisContinue reading “President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Third Inaugural Address, January 20, 1941*”
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Second Inaugural Address, January 20, 1937*
When four years ago we met to inaugurate a President, the Republic, single-minded in anxiety, stood in spirit here. We dedicated ourselves to the fulfillment of a vision—to speed the time when there would be for all the people that security and peace essential to the pursuit of happiness. We of the Republic pledged ourselvesContinue reading “President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Second Inaugural Address, January 20, 1937*”
President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s First Inaugural Address, 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. [ See APP note, below.] This is preeminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly. Nor needContinue reading “President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1933*”
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