Speeches of Roosevelt
Speeches of Roosevelt
A compilation of speeches made by Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Speeches of Roosevelt
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT introduces "four generations of the Democratic Roosevelt family": FDR's mother, his children, and grandchildren. Unknown date.
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July 2, 1932 Excerpt From Democratic National Convention in Chicago, IL. Democratic Presidential candidate FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT speaking "I pledge myself to a New Deal for the American people." Edit. "This is more than a political campaign, it is a call to arms. Give me your help, not to win votes alone but to win in this crusade to restore America to its own people."
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First Inauguration of FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, March 4, 1933: shots of President-elect FDR riding in open convertible through streets of Washington, DC, en route to Capitol Building; silent MS of Franklin D. Roosevelt being sworn in as President by Chief Justice CHARLES HUGHES. Excerpts of FDR delivering Inaugural Address: "Today is a day of national consecration & I am certain that my fellow Americans expect that on my induction into the Presidency I will address them w/ a candor & a decision which the present situation of our nation impels. This is pre-eminently 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. First of all let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." Edit. "This nation is asking for action, and action now. Our greatest primary task is to put people to work. This is no unsolvable problem if we face it wisely and courageously. It can be accompanied in part by direct recruiting by the government itself, treating the task as we would treat the emergency of a war." Edit. "In the event that the Congress shall fail to take one of these courses, and in the event that the national emergency is still critical, I shall not evade the clear course of duty that will then confront me. I shall ask the Congress for the one remaining instrument to meet the crisis: broad executive power to wage a war against the emergency".
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August 24th, 1935. Radio Address to the Young Democratic Clubs of America. MS of President FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT speaking from behind desk: "It is for the new generation to participate in the decision & to give strength & spirit & continuity to our government & to our national life."
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Shots of CCC workers chopping wood in field in West Virginia, cut to shots of FDR, Sect'y of Agriculture HENRY WALLACE sitting beside him, complementing the work of the CCC campers.
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March 12, 1933 Excerpt from Fireside Chat On the Bank Crisis CU sign: This Bank Closed Until Further Notice. MS President FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT speaking from desk: "The bank holiday, while resulting in a great inconvenience, is affording us the opportunity to supply the currency necessary to meet the situation. No sound bank is a dollar worse off than it was when it closed it's doors. ... I can assure you that it is safer for you to keep your money in a reopened bank than it is to keep it under the mattress."
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October 22nd, 1933. Fireside Chat. Shots of factory workers, seamstresses, clothmakers working in factories. FDR commending the progress made thus far in stabilizing the economy. "...that at least four millions have been given employment or, saying it another way, 40 percent of those seeking work have found it. ... Our troubles will not be over tomorrow, but we are on our way and we are headed in the right direction."
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April 30th, 1941. Radio Address on the President's Purchases of the First Defense Savings Bond and Stamps. President Franklin Roosevelt makes a pitch for Defense Bonds & Savings Stamps. "With jobs more plentiful and wages higher, slight sacrifice here and there, the omission of a few luxuries, will swell the coffers of our Federal Treasury. The outward and the visible tokens of partnership through sacrifice will be the possession of these defense bonds and defense savings stamps which are, at the same time, a guarantee of our future security. ... fellow Americans, I ask you to demonstrate again your faith in America by joining me in investing in the new defense savings bonds and stamps. I know you will help."
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June 28th, 1934. Fireside Chat. Shots of Americans dispossessed by the Great Depression; shots of Okies packing up a rickety wagon, fleeing Dust Bowl. FDR making speech, "In the working out of a great national program which seeks the primary good of the greater number, it is true that the toes of some people are being stepped on and are going to be stepped on. But these toes belong to the comparative few who seek to retain or to gain position or riches or both by some short cut which is harmful to the greater good."