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."

VOA: special.2011.05.19

In 1933, during the Great Depression, Franklin Roosevelt sought to give hope with these words: "Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself."

VOA: special.2009.01.19