A New Democracy [antikvár]

Introduction "Unanimity About the New" If we open a quarrel between L^a ^ ^tf ^ the past and the present— jp C ive shall find that we have ' lost the future. ^ C ' —Winston Churchill I o^y- America's character is being tested in the/lgS^. Out of this period of testing, we will findDut who we are and what we are made of. We will overcome these tests. And by doing so, we will strengthen our national character. But to prevail, we must maintain our commitments to equal rights and opportunities, to real progress and change in the stan- ^ dard of living and quality of life for our people. We must continue to demand justice. And we must offer promise and hope—for our young people, our unemployed, our poor, our disadvantaged, our elderly. Our present test is real, and it must be overcome if democracy is to prevail. Its cause is clear. The seemingly natural progression of economic growth and prosperity—and therefore hope and promise—came to a halt in the 1970s. Some of the programs and policies that had fostered this prosperity for more than thirty years ceased to work.