Hey Yall, Missed a few days but been doing some good reading, and working. I thought I would share this quote with you. It is by FDR, made in Cleveland in 1940, with the buildup for WWII in full swing. It is long, but the more you read, the better it gets. Now FDR: I see an America where facttory workers are not discarded after they reach their prime, where there is no endless chain of poverty from generation to generation, where impoverished farmers and farm hands do not become homeless wanderers, where monopoly does not make youth a beggar for a job. I see an America whose rivers and valleys and lakes--hills and streams and plains--the mountains over our land and natures wealth deep under the earth--are protected as the rightful heritage of all the people. I see an America where small business really has a chance to flourish and grow. I see an America of great cultural and educational opportunity for all its people. I see an America where the income from the land shall be implemented and protected by a Government determined to guarantee to those who hoe it a fair share in the national income. An America where the wheels of trade and private industry continue to turn to make the goods for America. I see an America with peace in the ranks of labor. An America where the workers are really free. where the dignity and security of the working man and woman are guaranteed by their own strength and fortified by the safeguards of law. An America where those who have reached the evening of life shall live out their years in peace and security. Where pensions and insurance for these aged shall be given as a matter of right to those who through a long life of labor have served their families and their nation as well. I see an America devoted to our freedom--unified by tolerance and by religious faith--a people consecrated to peace, a people confident in strength because their body and spirit are secure and unafraid. (the speech was taken from the biography of FDR, by Jean Edward Smith 2007. All errors are simply the result of my bad typing and not from the book. FDR was truly a great man.
Posted on: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 14:34:26 +0000
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