It was 1932 in his first inaugural address, not after Pearl Harbor.
Let’s see, how will the Zero speech sound?
“The only thing we have to fear is Islam!” — no, not likely
“The only thing we have to fear is the government trampling your 2A rights!” — no, not likely either.
“The only thing we have to fear is me!” — probably not going to hear that, either.
“The only thing we have to fear is bitter clingers and CO2.” — Yeah ! That’s the ticket!
I was thinking of the “Day of infamy” and that fear thing popped up on my keyboard,