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1、TheOnlyThingWeHavetoFearIsFearItselfSpeaker:FranklinRoosevelt,January30,1882-April12,1945,the32ndPresidentoftheUnitedStatesDate&Place:March4,1933,WashingtonD.C.,USABackground:FirstInauguralAddresswiththenationinthegripsoftheGreatDepression.Theaddressis1880wordsand

2、took19minutestodeliver,won20ovations,ranked3rdinTheTop100AmericanSpeechesofthe20thCentury.PresidentHoover,Mr.ChiefJustice,myfriends:Thisisadayofnationalconsecration.AndIamcertainthatonthisdaymyfellowAmericansexpectthatonmyinductionintothePresidency,Iwilladdressthe

3、mwithacandorandadecisionwhichthepresentsituationofourpeopleimpels.(Applause.)Thisispreeminentlythetimetospeakthetruth,thewholetruth,franklyandboldly.Norneedweshrinkfromhonestlyfacingconditionsinourcountrytoday.ThisgreatNationwillendure,asithasendured,willreviveand

4、willprosper.(Applause.)So,firstofall,letmeassertmyfirmbeliefthattheonlythingwehavetofearisfearitself-nameless,unreasoning,unjustifiedterrorwhichparalyzesneededeffortstoconvertretreatintoadvance.Ineverydarkhourofournationallife,aleadershipoffranknessandofvigorhasme

5、twiththatunderstandingandsupportofthepeoplethemselveswhichisessentialtovictory.AndIamconvincedthatyouwillagaingivethatsupporttoleadershipinthesecriticaldays.(Applause.)Insuchaspiritonmypartandonyourswefaceourcommondifficulties.Theyconcern,thankGod,onlymaterialthin

6、gs.Valueshaveshrunktofantasticlevels;taxeshaverisen;ourabilitytopayhasfallen;governmentofallkindsisfacedbyseriouscurtailmentofincome;themeansofexchangearefrozeninthecurrentsoftrade;thewitheredleavesofindustrialenterpriselieoneveryside;farmersfindnomarketsfortheirp

7、roduce;andthesavingsofmanyyearsinthousandsoffamiliesaregone.Moreimportant,ahostofunemployedcitizensfacethegrimproblemofexistenceandanequallygreatnumbertoilwithlittlereturn.Onlyafoolishoptimistcandenythedarkrealitiesofthemoment.Andyetourdistresscomesfromnofailureof

8、substance.Wearestrickenbynoplagueoflocusts.Comparedwiththeperilswhichourforefathersconquered,becausetheybelievedandwerenotafraid,wehavestillmuchtobethan