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Quotation from Second Inaugural Address by Franklin D. Roosevelt
“We of the Republic pledged ourselves to drive from the temple of our ancient faith those who had profaned it; to end by action, tireless and unafraid, the stagnation and despair of that day”
Second Inaugural Address, First paragraph (Project Gutenberg #4938)
Roosevelt recalls his 1933 image of driving the profaners from the temple, echoing the Gospel account of Jesus and the money changers.
Citation: "We of the Republic pledged ourselves to drive from the temple of our ancient faith those who had profaned it; to end by action, tireless and unafraid, the stagnation and despair of that day" — Franklin D. Roosevelt, Second Inaugural Address, First paragraph (Project Gutenberg #4938). (id fdr-second-inaugural-address-q5)
