Quote of the Day – Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Quote of the Day… not actually daily, but whenever I encounter one I think worth sharing and there are not too many in sequence.  I like quotes as they frequently distill a piece of wisdom into a brief passage, or make other points very succinctly – such as the witticisms of Oscar Wilde.

“We have not come this far without a struggle and I assure you we cannot go further without a struggle. We know now that government by organized money is just as dangerous as government by organized mob. ” ~~Franklin Delano Roosevelt during a campaign speech… which, though given 88 years ago in the Garden on 31 October 1936, rings remarkably contemporary, a speech for “the restoration of American democracy” and its “preservation”.

For an interesting read on the parallels of Trump and Adolph Hitler check out The Guardian article: A week before the election, Trump will hold his most unsettling spectacle yet

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