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Quotation from First Inaugural Address ("The only thing we have to fear") by Franklin D. Roosevelt
“I shall ask the Congress for the one remaining instrument to meet the crisis--broad Executive power to wage a war against the emergency, as great as the power that would be given to me if we were in fact invaded by a foreign foe.”
First Inaugural Address ("The only thing we have to fear"), Paragraph 22 (Avalon Project printed text)
The warning that drew the loudest applause from the inaugural crowd.
Citation: "I shall ask the Congress for the one remaining instrument to meet the crisis--broad Executive power to wage a war against the emergency, as great as the power that would be given to me if we were in fact invaded by a foreign foe." — Franklin D. Roosevelt, First Inaugural Address ("The only thing we have to fear"), Paragraph 22 (Avalon Project printed text). (id fdr-first-inaugural-address-q7)
Portrait: FDR inauguration 02894u, Architect of the Capitol, Public domain.
