罗斯福职演讲稿英文
president hoover mister chief justice my friends
this is a day of national consecration and i am certain that on this day my fellow americans expect that on my induction in the presidency i will address them with a candor and a decision which the present situation of our people impeis this is preeminently the time to speak the truth the whole truth frankly and boldly nor need we shrink from honestly facing the conditions facing our country today this great nation will endure as it has endured will revive and will prosper so first of all let me express my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself nameless unreasoning un justified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance in every dark hour of our national life a leadership of frankness and vigor has met with that understanding and support of the people themselves which is essential to victory and i am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days
in such a spirit on my part and on yours we face our common difficulties they concern thank god only material things values have shrunken to fantastic levels taxes have risen our ability to pay has fallen government of all kinds is faced by serious curtaiiment of income the means of exchange are frozen in the currents of trade the withered leaves of industrial enterprise lie on every side farmers find no markets for their produce and the savings of many years and thousands of families are gone
more important a host of unemployed citizens face the grim problem of existence and an equal and great number toil with little return only a foolish optimist can deny the dark realities of the moment
and yet our distress comes from no failure of substance we are stricken by no plague of locusts compared with the perils which our forefathers conquered because they believed and
were not afraid we have so much to be thankful for nature surrounds us with her bounty and human efforts have multiplied it plenty is at our doorstep but a generous use of it languishes in the very sight of the supply primarily this is because the rulers of the exchange of mankind’s goods have failed through their own stubbornness and their own incompetence have admitted their failure and have abdicated practices of the unscrupulous money changers stand indicted in the court of public opinion rejected by the hearts and minds of men
true they have tried but their efforts have been cast in the patten of an outworn tradition faced by a failure of credit they have proposed only the lending of more money stripped of the lure of profit by which they induce our people to follow their false leadership they have resorted to exhortation pleading tearfully for restored confidence they only know the rules of a generation of self seekers they have no vision and when there is no vision the people perish
yes the money changers have fled from their high seats in the temple of our civiiization we may now restore that temp1e to the ancient truths a measure of that restoration lies in the extent to which we apply social value more noble than mere monetary profits
happiness lies not in the mere possession of money it lies in the joy of achievement in the thrill of creative efforts the joy and moral stimulation of work no longer must be forgotten in the mad chase of evanescent profits these dark days my friends will be worth all they cost us if they teach us that our true destiny is not to be ministered on to but to minister to ourselves to our fellow men
recognition of the falsity of material wealth as the standard of success goes hand in hand with the abandonment of a false belief that public office and high political position are to be valued only by the standards of pride of place and personal profits and there must be an end to our conduct in banking and in business which too of ten has given to a sacred trust the likeness of callous and selfish wrongdoing small wonder that confidence languishes for it thrives only on honesty on honon on the sacredness of our obligation on faithful protection and on unselfish performance without them it cannot live
restoration calls however not for changes in ethics alone this nation is asking for action and action now
our greatest primary task is to put people to work this is no unsolvable problem if we take it wise1y and courageously it can be accomplished in part by direct recruiting by the government itself treating the task as we would treat the emergency of a war but at the same time through this employment accomplishing greatly needed projects to stimulate and reorganize the use of our great natural resources
hand in hand with that we must frankly recognize the overbalance of population in our industrial centers and by engaging on a national scale in a redistribution in an effort to provide better use of the land for those best fitted for the land
yes the task can be helped by definite efforts to raise the value of the agricultural product and with this the power to purchase the output of our cities it can be helped by preventing realistically the tragedy of the growing losses through fore closures of our small homes and our farms it can be helped by insistence that the federal the state and the local government act forthwith on the demands that their costs be drastically reduce it can be helped by the unifying of relief activities which today are of ten scattered uneconomical unequal it can be helped by national planning for and supervision of all forms of transportation and of communications and other utilities that have a definitely public character there are many ways in which it can be helped but it can never be helped by mere1y talking about it we must act we must act quickly
and finally in our progress toward a resumption of work we require two safeguards against the return of the evils of the old order there must be a strict supervision of all banking and credits and investments there must be an end to speculation with other peoples money and there must be provisions for an adequate but sound currency
these my friends are the lines of attack i shall presently urge upon a new congress in special session detailed measures for their fulfillment and i shall seek the immediate assistance of the 48 states
through this program of action we address ourselves to putting our own national house in order and making income balance outflow our international trade relations though vastly important are in point of time and necessity secondary to the establishment of a sound national economy i favor as a practical policy the putting of first things first i shall spare no effort to restore world trade by international economic readjustment but the emergency at home cannot wait on that accomplishment
the basic thought that guides these specific means of national recovery is not narrowly nationalistic it is the insistence as a first consideration upon the interdependence of the various elements in all parts of the united states of america a recognition of the old and the permanently important manifestation of the american spirit of the pioneer it is the way to recovery it is the immediate way it is the strongest assurance that recovery will endure
in the field of world policy i would dedicate this nation to the policy of the good neighbor the neighbor who resolutely respects himself and because he does so respects the rights of
others the neighbor who respects his ob1igation and respects the sanctity of his agreement in and with a world of neighbor
if i read the temper of our people correctly we now realize what we have never realized before our interdependence on each other that we cannot merely take but we must give as well that if we are to go forward we must move as a trained and loyal army willing to sacrifice for the good of a common discipline because without such discip1ine no progress can be made no leadership becomes effective we are all ready and willing to submit our lives and our property to such discipline because it makes possible a 1eadership which aims at the larger good this i propose to offet we are going to larger purposes bind upon us bind upon us all as a sacred obligation with a unity of duty hitherto evoked only in times of armed strife
with this pledge taken i assume unhesitatingly the leadership of this great army of our people dedicated to a disciplined attack upon our common problems action in this image action to this end is feasible under the form of government which we have inherited from my ancestors our constitution is so simple so practical that it is possible always to meet extraordinary needs by changes in emphasis and arrangements without loss of a central form that is why our constitutional system has proved itself the most superbly enduring political mechanism the modern world has ever seen it has met every stress of vast expansion of territory of foreign wars of bitter internal strife of world relations
and it is to be hoped that the normal balance of executive and legislative authority wi1l be fully equal fully adequate to meet the unprecedented task before us but it may be that an unprecedented demand and need for underlay action may call for temporary departure from that normal balance of public procedure
we face the arduous days that lie before us in the warm courage of national unity in the clearest consciousness of seeking all and precious moral values with the clean satisfaction that comes from the stern performance of duty by old and young alike we aim at the assurance of a rounded a permanent national life
we do not distrust the future of essential democracy the people of the united states have not failed in their need they have registered a mandate that they want direct vigorous action they have asked for discipline and direction under leadership they have made me the present instrument of their wishes in the spirit of the gift i take it
in this dedication in this dedication of a nation we humbly ask the b1essings of god may he protect each and every one of us may he guide me in the days to come
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president hoover mister chief justice my friends
this is a day of national consecration and i am certain that on this day my fellow americans expect that on my induction in the presidency i will address them with a candor and a decision which the present situation of our people impeis this is preeminently the time to speak the truth the whole truth frankly and boldly nor need we shrink from honestly facing the conditions facing our country today this great nation will endure as it has endured will revive and will prosper so first of all let me express my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself nameless unreasoning un justified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance in every dark hour of our national life a leadership of frankness and vigor has met with that understanding and support of the people themselves which is essential to victory and i am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days
in such a spirit on my part and on yours we face our common difficulties they concern thank god only material things values have shrunken to fantastic levels taxes have risen our ability to pay has fallen government of all kinds is faced by serious curtaiiment of income the means of exchange are frozen in the currents of trade the withered leaves of industrial enterprise lie on every side farmers find no markets for their produce and the savings of many years and thousands of families are gone
more important a host of unemployed citizens face the grim problem of existence and an equal and great number toil with little return only a foolish optimist can deny the dark realities of the moment
and yet our distress comes from no failure of substance we are stricken by no plague of locusts compared with the perils which our forefathers conquered because they believed and
were not afraid we have so much to be thankful for nature surrounds us with her bounty and human efforts have multiplied it plenty is at our doorstep but a generous use of it languishes in the very sight of the supply primarily this is because the rulers of the exchange of mankind’s goods have failed through their own stubbornness and their own incompetence have admitted their failure and have abdicated practices of the unscrupulous money changers stand indicted in the court of public opinion rejected by the hearts and minds of men
true they have tried but their efforts have been cast in the patten of an outworn tradition faced by a failure of credit they have proposed only the lending of more money stripped of the lure of profit by which they induce our people to follow their false leadership they have resorted to exhortation pleading tearfully for restored confidence they only know the rules of a generation of self seekers they have no vision and when there is no vision the people perish
yes the money changers have fled from their high seats in the temple of our civiiization we may now restore that temp1e to the ancient truths a measure of that restoration lies in the extent to which we apply social value more noble than mere monetary profits
happiness lies not in the mere possession of money it lies in the joy of achievement in the thrill of creative efforts the joy and moral stimulation of work no longer must be forgotten in the mad chase of evanescent profits these dark days my friends will be worth all they cost us if they teach us that our true destiny is not to be ministered on to but to minister to ourselves to our fellow men
recognition of the falsity of material wealth as the standard of success goes hand in hand with the abandonment of a false belief that public office and high political position are to be valued only by the standards of pride of place and personal profits and there must be an end to our conduct in banking and in business which too of ten has given to a sacred trust the likeness of callous and selfish wrongdoing small wonder that confidence languishes for it thrives only on honesty on honon on the sacredness of our obligation on faithful protection and on unselfish performance without them it cannot live
restoration calls however not for changes in ethics alone this nation is asking for action and action now
our greatest primary task is to put people to work this is no unsolvable problem if we take it wise1y and courageously it can be accomplished in part by direct recruiting by the government itself treating the task as we would treat the emergency of a war but at the same time through this employment accomplishing greatly needed projects to stimulate and reorganize the use of our great natural resources
hand in hand with that we must frankly recognize the overbalance of population in our industrial centers and by engaging on a national scale in a redistribution in an effort to provide better use of the land for those best fitted for the land
yes the task can be helped by definite efforts to raise the value of the agricultural product and with this the power to purchase the output of our cities it can be helped by preventing realistically the tragedy of the growing losses through fore closures of our small homes and our farms it can be helped by insistence that the federal the state and the local government act forthwith on the demands that their costs be drastically reduce it can be helped by the unifying of relief activities which today are of ten scattered uneconomical unequal it can be helped by national planning for and supervision of all forms of transportation and of communications and other utilities that have a definitely public character there are many ways in which it can be helped but it can never be helped by mere1y talking about it we must act we must act quickly
and finally in our progress toward a resumption of work we require two safeguards against the return of the evils of the old order there must be a strict supervision of all banking and credits and investments there must be an end to speculation with other peoples money and there must be provisions for an adequate but sound currency
these my friends are the lines of attack i shall presently urge upon a new congress in special session detailed measures for their fulfillment and i shall seek the immediate assistance of the 48 states
through this program of action we address ourselves to putting our own national house in order and making income balance outflow our international trade relations though vastly important are in point of time and necessity secondary to the establishment of a sound national economy i favor as a practical policy the putting of first things first i shall spare no effort to restore world trade by international economic readjustment but the emergency at home cannot wait on that accomplishment
the basic thought that guides these specific means of national recovery is not narrowly nationalistic it is the insistence as a first consideration upon the interdependence of the various elements in all parts of the united states of america a recognition of the old and the permanently important manifestation of the american spirit of the pioneer it is the way to recovery it is the immediate way it is the strongest assurance that recovery will endure
in the field of world policy i would dedicate this nation to the policy of the good neighbor the neighbor who resolutely respects himself and because he does so respects the rights of
others the neighbor who respects his ob1igation and respects the sanctity of his agreement in and with a world of neighbor
if i read the temper of our people correctly we now realize what we have never realized before our interdependence on each other that we cannot merely take but we must give as well that if we are to go forward we must move as a trained and loyal army willing to sacrifice for the good of a common discipline because without such discip1ine no progress can be made no leadership becomes effective we are all ready and willing to submit our lives and our property to such discipline because it makes possible a 1eadership which aims at the larger good this i propose to offet we are going to larger purposes bind upon us bind upon us all as a sacred obligation with a unity of duty hitherto evoked only in times of armed strife
with this pledge taken i assume unhesitatingly the leadership of this great army of our people dedicated to a disciplined attack upon our common problems action in this image action to this end is feasible under the form of government which we have inherited from my ancestors our constitution is so simple so practical that it is possible always to meet extraordinary needs by changes in emphasis and arrangements without loss of a central form that is why our constitutional system has proved itself the most superbly enduring political mechanism the modern world has ever seen it has met every stress of vast expansion of territory of foreign wars of bitter internal strife of world relations
and it is to be hoped that the normal balance of executive and legislative authority wi1l be fully equal fully adequate to meet the unprecedented task before us but it may be that an unprecedented demand and need for underlay action may call for temporary departure from that normal balance of public procedure
we face the arduous days that lie before us in the warm courage of national unity in the clearest consciousness of seeking all and precious moral values with the clean satisfaction that comes from the stern performance of duty by old and young alike we aim at the assurance of a rounded a permanent national life
we do not distrust the future of essential democracy the people of the united states have not failed in their need they have registered a mandate that they want direct vigorous action they have asked for discipline and direction under leadership they have made me the present instrument of their wishes in the spirit of the gift i take it
in this dedication in this dedication of a nation we humbly ask the b1essings of god may he protect each and every one of us may he guide me in the days to come
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