My fellow Americans and my friends: Tonight my single duty is to speak to the whole of America. Until four-thirty this morning I had...

I think the American public and the American newspapers are certainly creatures of habit. This is one of the warmest evenings that I have...

Five months have gone by since I last spoke to the people of the Nation about the state of the Nation. I had hoped to be able to defer...

I am appealing to the people of America tonight to help in carrying out a task that is important to them and to their government. It is a...

January 17, 1961 My fellow Americans: Three days from now, after half a century in the service of our country, I shall lay down the...

This afternoon I have issued a Proclamation calling a special session of the Congress to convene on Monday, November 15, 1937. I do this...

145th State of the Union FDR’s First Annual Message to Congress January 03, 1934 Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, Senators and Representatives...

Last Thursday I described in detail certain economic problems which everyone admits now face the Nation. For the many messages which have...

I have been on a journey of husbandry. I went primarily to see at first hand conditions in the drought states; to see how effectively...

Since my annual message to the Congress on January fourth, last, I have not addressed the general public over the air. In the many weeks...

Three months have passed since I talked with you shortly after the adjournment of the Congress. Tonight I continue that report, though,...

June 28, 1934: Fireside Chat 5: On Addressing the Critics It has been several months since I have talked with you concerning the problems...

Three months have passed since I talked with you shortly after the adjournment of the Congress. Tonight I continue that report, though,...

July 24, 1933: Fireside Chat 3: On the National Recovery Administration After the adjournment of the historical special session of the...

On a Sunday night a week after my Inauguration I used the radio to tell you about the banking crisis and the measures we were taking to...

I want to talk for a few minutes with the people of the United States about banking—with the comparatively few who understand the...

156th State of the Union Address FDR’s Twelfth Annual Message January 06, 1945 To the Congress: In considering the State of the Union,...

155th State of the Union FDR’s Eleventh Annual Message January 11, 1944 To the Congress: This Nation in the past two years has become an...

154th State of the Union FDR’s Tenth Annual Message January 07, 1943 Mr. Vice President, Mr. Speaker, Members of the Seventy-eighth...

January 06, 1942 IN FULFILLING my duty to report upon the State of the Union, I am proud to say to you that the spirit of the American...