Quotation by Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945), U.S. president. FDR Speaks authorized edition of speeches, 1933-1945 (recordings of Franklin Roosevelt's public addresses), side 1, Fireside Chat (Apr. 28, 1935), ed. Henry Steele Commager, Introduction by Eleanor Roosevelt, Washington Records, Inc. (1960).

FDR began in the early days of the New Deal a series of radio addresses to the public intended to inform them of the progress of the recovery and reform programs. The nation listened with rapt attention and believed, on the whole, that they were on the inside of what was going on. In this address he intended to defuse the critics of the relief and recovery measure and win public support for their continuation.