[NTLK] Churchill re: nothing to fear

B kosmicdollop at saber.net
Fri Mar 20 13:24:27 EDT 2020


He didn’t say the same words. But he was addressing essentially the same need: for the necessary courage to take appropriate action.

B

you wrote:
> Do you have the date? I searched the text of Churchell's address to the
> joint Houses of Congress on December 26, 1941 and didn't find it there.
> 
> From the beginning of FDR's First Inaugural Address of March 4, 1933:  “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.” This quote IS
> very apropos to the current situation.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Dennis B. Swaney
> 
> "Cogito Ergo Mac"
> 
> 
> On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 9:57 AM B <kosmicdollop at saber.net> wrote:
> 
>> But Forrest is sensing truth:
>> 
>> Churchill said it way lots better in his pep talk to get US Congress on
>> their feet applauding his invitation to fight the Germans.
>> 
>> B
>> 
>> Dennis Swaney wrote:
>>> Actually Forrest, that was FDR.
>>> 
>>> Forrest wrote:
>>>> Agreed. Winston Churchill said, “We have nothing to fear but fear
>> itself.”
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