An excerpt from the text of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first inaugural address, March 4, 1933.

Scout refers to Roosevelt’s speech when she says, “Maycomb County had recently been told that it had nothing to fear but fear itself.”

Citation Information
Excerpt from “Franklin D. Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/4b5b40a2b3ca6a64d2bd43354d324ae9.
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Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration.

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