"Never before in modern history have the essential differences between the two major American parties stood out in such striking contrast as they do today. Republican leaders not only have failed in material things, they have failed in national vision, because in disaster they have held out no hope, they have pointed out no path for the people below to climb back to places of security and of safety in our American life. Throughout the Nation, men and women, forgotten in the political philosophy of the Government of the last years look to us here for guidance and for more equitable opportunity to share in the distribution of national wealth... I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people." 1933 Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Posted on: Sat, 10 Aug 2013 23:33:50 +0000