Quote of the Day (Franklin Roosevelt, on the ‘War for the Survival of Democracy’)

“In this world of ours in other lands, there are some people, who, in times past, have lived and fought for freedom, and seem to have grown too weary to carry on the fight. They have sold their heritage of freedom for the illusion of a living. They have yielded their democracy.

“I believe in my heart that only our success can stir their ancient hope. They begin to know that here in America we are waging a great and successful war. It is not alone a war against want and destitution and economic demoralization. It is more than that; it is a war for the survival of democracy. We are fighting to save a great and precious form of government for ourselves and for the world.”— U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945), Acceptance Speech for the Renomination for the Presidency, Philadelphia, Pa., June 27, 1936

That “war” continues, though in our country the prospects for victory look increasingly uncertain.