He stated this in his first inaugural address on March 4, 1933. He was trying to restore faith in the American economy and dispel the fear that came from the financial panic of that day. He wanted bankers to have the courage to lend money, businesses to have the courage to borrow and expand and consumers to have the courage to spend their savings to buy consumer goods.
Franklin Delano Roosevelts' most famous line about fear was, " We have nothing to fear except fear itself."
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself nameless, unreasoning, unjustified, terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance."
"There is nothing to fear but fear itself.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt said in his inaugural address, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself".
His personal favorite saying was "We have nothing to fear bur fear itself"
no Franklin D. Roosevelt didIn all actually, Francis Bacon IS credited with saying. "There is nothing to fear but fear."
Roosevelt said this in a speech to make the point that if fear takes over then the right thing isn't done. Not to allow fear to rule.
First Inaugural Address March 4, 1933
That is completely true. There is nothing to fear. That is completely false. Lot of things are worthy of fear and we should be thankful that we have the finely tuned genetic capability of doing so.
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