The more things change the more they stay the same….This could have been written yesterday.
“These economic royalists complain that we seek to overthrow the institutions of America. What they really complain of is that we seek to take away their power. Our allegiance to American institutions requires the overthrow of this kind of power. In vain they seek to hide behind the Flag and the Constitution. In their blindness they forget what the Flag and the Constitution stand for. Now, as always, they stand for democracy, not tyranny; for freedom, not subjection; and against a dictatorship by mob rule and the over-privileged alike.” (FDR)
How often do we see those that invoke the Flag and the Constitution at the drop of a hat…just because you wave a Flag or call yourself a Patriot does not make it so, it’s the spirit (selfless act) of giving of yourself for others rights that makes you a Patriot not the Flag waving and talk.
Tags: politics fdr
