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The only thing you have to fear is fear itself because, if the fear is strong enough, it can immobilize you, and leave you paralyzed. Some people say that fear is the strongest emotion because of this.
FDR said this in 1933 and was talking about the economic depression. Depressions get worse if people are afraid to spend their money or invest. Such is the "savings paradox" of economic theory.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 15y agoFirst Inaugural Address (4 March 1933);
part of this is often misquoted as "We have nothing to fear but fear itself".
Such expressions date back to ancient times, and [Julius Caesar] is said to have told his wife Calpurnia "We have not to fear anything, except fear itself in response to a dream she had indicating that he was in danger the night prior to his assassination
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∙ 11y agoHe was bolstering the spirit of Americans and instilling a strong sense of Nationalism during WWII>
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∙ 12y agoMarch 4, 1933
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Desperate times call for desperate measures and if your scared
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What did FDR mean by The only thing you have to fear is fear itself?
We have nothing to fear
What situation did FDR refer to in his first inaugural address?
"The only thing we have to fear... is fear itself."-FDR
Who saidthe only thing you have is fear itself?
Franklin D Roosevelt... FDR
Who said ''theres nothing to fear but fear itself?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt said in his inaugural address, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself".
What phobia is the fear of fearing fear?
Phobophobia. (As in FDR's famous statement, "We have nothing to fear but fear itself".)
What did Franklin D. Roosevelt do as chief executive?
1. New Deal 2. First inauguration speech in 1933 (the only thing we have to fear is fear itself) 3. Helped us win WWII
Who said you have nothing to fear but fear itself?
"[...] only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
The only thing you have to fear is fear itself refers to?
It was said by FDR in his first inaugural address on March 4, 1933 and I think he meant that if you allow fear to take over then what you fear is the fear not the real enemy. He didn't want the nation to be fearful after the depression and was telling them that that his good leadership would take them out of it..
What did FDR mean by there was nothing to fear but fear itself?
confidence was needed to overcome the depression-apex
When FDR said there was nothing to fear but fear itself, what did he think fear caused people to do?
Be unable to see solutions
Who said the famous quote the only thing you have to fear is fear it self?
Fear the fear for the fear will make you fear things.
Who is quote was the only thing you have to fear is fear its self?
A past President of the United States whom is named Franklin Delano Roosevelt (a.k.a. "FDR").
