Last weekend I took a visitor into DC and did the typical tourist circuit. Among all the memorials, the Franklin D. Roosevelt memorial is one of my favorites. Not only are the fountains very nice, the memorial is dotted with many profound quotes from FDR. Here are some that I like:
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much, it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
"We must scrupulously guard the civil rights and civil liberties of all citizens, whatever their background. We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization."
"More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all wars."
It's a bit sad when I think of the leadership we have in our country now. I hope it doesn't take the collapse our country for real leaders to emerge again.
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