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QuoteMemorizeAges 12–13 · The Hero's Journey
So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself — nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1933
First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1933

FDR's inaugural in the depths of the Great Depression. The famous phrase is in the opening paragraph.

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FDR First Inaugural Address · March 4, 1933
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