Yesterday’s Answers Good Today
For the Bicentennial column this week several questions will be asked and then answered by a panel of distinguished Americans.
Question 1: The United States has immense problems. How should we face them and what should we do about them?
“Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence… The slogan ‘Press On’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.” — Calvin Coolidge
“The man who does make the biggest mistakes, but he never makes the biggest mistake of all — doing nothing.” — Ben Franklin
“Do your duty and leave the rest to Providence.” — Stonewall Jackson.
Question 2: How should we feel about America’s prestige and position in the world today?
“The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes
Question 3: Should we be optimistic about the future?
“Let us be of good cheer, remembering that the hardest misfortunes to bear are those that never come.” — James Russel Lowell
“The lowest ebb is the turn of the tide.” — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
“Don’t waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour’s duties will be the best preparation for the hours or ages that follow it.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson