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. This is ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On March 4, 1801, Thomas Jefferson became the first president to be inaugurated in Washington, D.C. One hundred ...

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. This is ...

What Roosevelt could offer was a fresh, ebullient, and unflinching voice in confronting the trials of the 1930s. As he said in his first inaugural address, “We have nothing to fear but fear itself.” ...

In his first inaugural address, he told the nation that "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself," setting a course of action for his presidency. Roosevelt did not live to see the end of ...

Franklin D. Roosevelt 1932 Inaugural Address. Fear can be a paralyzing force that prevents individuals from taking any action! Wrath is ...

rising fascism in Europe—and FDR embraced it, launching his New Deal. “We do not distrust the future of essential democracy,” he declared in his inaugural address. “The people of the ...