Feeling down about America and our prospects? Don’t.
We cannot escape our destiny, nor should we try to do so. The leadership of the free world was thrust upon us two centuries ago in that little hall of Philadelphia. In the days following World War II, when the economic strength and power of America was all that stood between the world and the return to the dark ages, Pope Pius XII said, “The American people have a great genius for splendid and unselfish actions. Into the hands of America God has placed the destinies of an afflicted mankind.”
We are indeed, and we are today, the last best hope of man on earth. – Ronald Reagan
I believe, indeed, that God has placed in our hands the responsibility for protecting right and decency in a world gone mad – we are very imperfect in this and it is a wonder, at times, that God would so entrust us…but, then again, God has long been known for picking out the oddest people to do His will. We are temporarily partially afflicted with the madness which is consuming the rest of the world, but the events of the past year show that deep inside America, the spirit of 1776 still lives – that this people will fight for freedom and decency.
We will overcome – this, too, shall pass. We’re Americans, so I’m sure of it.