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In a speech advocating for the Works Progress Administration, FDR spoke of the nation’s recovery: “It is more than the recovery of the material basis of our individual lives. It is the recovery of our confidence in our democratic processes and institutions … We have in the darkest moments of our national trials retained our faith in our own ability to master our destiny.”
We may be entering another dark moment. Here too, we must choose to master our own destiny.