Nor need we shrink from honestly facing conditions in our country today. This great Nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear i s fear itself nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance. (Roosevelt …show more content…
He was sure of what to say when he told people to not fear anything because we had nothing to fear. Him being confident led to the people of the country to be confident and the country became sure that they could bounce back. Also in FDR’s inaugural address he talked about how he believed in the people and government. He said, “I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days.” (1). FDR was very confident when saying this and he had to be because if he was not, the people as well as the country would not trust him or his ideas leadership and the country would work how it should. Nonetheless, FDR’s critics did not believe he was confident in his decision in World War II, to fight Germany instead of Japan. Many of “FDR's critics believed that his Germany-first strategy was a result of excessive British influence” (Schweizer 2). Even though his decision might have been influenced by Winston Churchill, when FDR made the decision he was confident about it and knew it was the right thing to do. He knew that we should join the war then and was confident about it causing his critics to be mad and his supporters to support his decision. While some people may believe that Roosevelt was not confident, his inaugural address shows something very different.