아래는 위 연설의 Script.
For nearly four years you have had an Administration which instead of
twirling its thumbs has rolled up its sleeves. We will keep our sleeves
rolled up.
We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace—business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering.
They had begun to consider the Government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs. We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob.
Never before in all our history have these forces been so united against one candidate as they stand today. They are unanimous in their hate for me—and I welcome their hatred.
I should like to have it said of my first Administration that in it the forces of selfishness and of lust for power met their match. I should like to have it said of my second Administration that in it these forces met their master.
We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace—business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering.
They had begun to consider the Government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs. We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob.
Never before in all our history have these forces been so united against one candidate as they stand today. They are unanimous in their hate for me—and I welcome their hatred.
I should like to have it said of my first Administration that in it the forces of selfishness and of lust for power met their match. I should like to have it said of my second Administration that in it these forces met their master.
미국 현대사를 둘로 나누라면, 나는 조금의 주저함도 없이 FDR 이전과 이후로 나누겠다.
FDR이 처음 당선된 시기의 불평등 수준은 오바마가 집권할 당시와 비슷했고, 2008년의 경제대불황 직후 집권했던 오바마와 마찬가지로, FDR은 대공황 직후에 집권하였다.
FDR은 2차대전을 승리로 이끌어 파쇼와 제국주의자를 타도했을 뿐만 아니라, 실업급여, 노인복지, 노조지원, 소비자운동지원, 여성지위향상 등. 모든 분야에서 탁월한 업적을 남겼다.
FDR이 1930-40년대에 이룬 업적은 이후 30년 동안 미국 자본주의가 눈부신 발전을 이루는 기초가 되었다. 자본주의의 "황금시대"를 연 정치가이지만, FDR의 모든 정책은 당시 자본가와 기득권자들의 엄청난 혐오의 대상이었다. 당시의 보수주의자들은 당연히 FDR을 사회주의자로 비난하였다.
기득권자의 혐오에 맞서, FDR은 대타협과 같은 아이디어를 낸 것이 아니라, "나는 그들의 혐오를 환영하며, 맞서 싸울 것"이라고 당당히 선언하였다.
오늘날 우리에게 필요한 대통령도 오바마나 노무현처럼 보수와의 타협을 중시하는 정치인이 아니라, 이들과 견결히 맞서 싸울 수 있고, 기득권자의 혐오를 환영할 수 있고, 다수 대중의 이익을 옹호하여 복지를 높이고, 기득권자의 조직된 힘에 맞서는 노조, 소비자 단체 같은, 대중의 조직을 지원해줄 사람일 것이다.
