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Franklin D. Roosevelt

32nd President. Led the United States through the Great Depression and most of World War II.

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.”

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First Inaugural Address, during the Great Depression.

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1933-03-04

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“Yesterday, December 7, 1941—a date which will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.”

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Address to a Joint Session of Congress requesting a declaration of war against Japan.

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Speech

1941-12-08

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