And as radio in the 1930s and 1940s became a way to reach the masses, he embraced it like no other with his regular "Fireside Chats.Sam Rayburn (Speaker of the House): Senators and Representatives, I have the distinguished honor of presenting the President of the United States.įDR: Vice President, Mr. Roosevelt, who was of course the longest-serving president in history, gave the most speeches and press conferences of any chief executive too.
"Roosevelt knew that lengthy speech wasn't what the American people wanted to hear right now," Sparrow said.
history is one reason it is among the best-remembered in history. The forceful brevity of that speech at such a crucial moment in U.S. Roosevelt politely listened to their suggestions, but had already decided he would stick with his three-page, seven-minute speech. Officials even presented the president with a 17-page suggested draft. The State Department was also pressuring Roosevelt to deliver a much longer, historical speech that detailed the U.S.-Japan tensions. His close adviser, Harry Hopkins, would make the only other addition: "With confidence in our armed forces - with the unbounding determination of our people - we will gain the inevitable triumph - so help us God." Roosevelt made edits to that draft - most important, changing "world history" to "infamy" in the first line. Roosevelt dictated the speech to his secretary just three hours after learning of the attacks. Its message of resolve and determination in the face of a devastating attack is as relevant today as it was then."Īnd it was written almost entirely by Roosevelt himself, not by speechwriters or his advisers. On his blog, Sparrow wrote that it "represents the tipping point, the actual moment when the United States was transformed from an isolationist nation to a global superpower and leader of the free world. 8 - stands out as one of the most pivotal moments of Roosevelt's presidency. "Roosevelt was a historian and a collector," Sparrow said.
It's the largest archive of any president, according to FDR Library Director Paul Sparrow, and provides new insight into Roosevelt's presidency. Roosevelt Presidential Library, thanks in part to support from AT&T, includes over 46,000 pages of drafts, reading copies, transcripts and their audio files from Roosevelt's 12 years in office - all online and free to the public. Roosevelt made an important revision to his first draft of the address he would make to Congress on Dec.
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