Monday, September 06, 2004
Blast from the Past
Got this quote in email from my father-in-law. Found it to be very insightful.
"The true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. When we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. We Americans are not destroyers . . . we are builders."
FDR, December 9, 1941. Full text: at http://www.mhric.org/fdr/chat19.html
"The true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. When we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. We Americans are not destroyers . . . we are builders."
FDR, December 9, 1941. Full text: at http://www.mhric.org/fdr/chat19.html
