The only thing we have to fear is fear itself

Cultural  

1. A statement from the first inaugural address of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933. Roosevelt was speaking at one of the worst points of the Great Depression.

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Example Sentences

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself," said Franklin D Roosevelt at his inauguration as the 32nd President of the United States in 1933.

From BBC • Aug. 16, 2022

As President Roosevelt famously said in his first inaugural address in the depths of the Great Depression, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2020

He used a yellow legal pad to draft his first inaugural address, which rang with one of the most effective buck-up lines in history: "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."

From US News • Apr. 9, 2015

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt made early in the Great Depression of the 1930s: "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."

From Reuters • Oct. 13, 2011

I have said, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."

From State of the Union Address by Roosevelt, Franklin Delano