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Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 Second Inaugural Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00196.01 Author/Creator: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Typed document signed Date: January 20, 1937 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 35 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy

Signed by Roosevelt at the end. Address delivered at the Capital, Washington, D.C., 20 January 1937. Stresses the idea of creating a better world through economic morality. Presents progress, not stagnation, as a way to improve the lives of Americans. "I see a great nation, upon a great continent, blessed with a great wealth of natural resources ... I see a United States which can demonstrate that, under democratic methods of government, national wealth can be translated into a spreading volume of human comforts hitherto unknown ... " Stresses American post-depression strength and improving the living conditions of the many in need.

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945

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