Step 1 : Introduction to the question "2. "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." This was in the inaugural address of which president, who had also served as the 44th governor of the state of New York? "
...1. Franklin Pierce 2. Herbert Hoover 3. Franklin D. Roosevelt 4. James Buchanan He was not speaking of any external threat, but of the Great Depression which was choking the country. The only four-term president, his terms were marked by a crippling depression which only ended with the coming of World War II. Among his accomplishments were the advent of Social Security and massive public works projects.