Sixty-five Christmas Eves ago, on the South Portico in 1941, with Churchill at his side, FDR declared: "Our strongest weapon in this war is that conviction of the dignity and brotherhood of man which Christmas Day signifies . . . Against enemies who preach the principles of hate and practice them, we set our faith in human love and in God's care for us and all men everywhere."
For a nation at war, whatever our politics or our religion, it remains an ageless message.
Sunday, December 24, 2006
FDR's meaning of Christmas
From Jon Meacham in today's WaPo,
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3 comments:
Good Post. Merry Christmas, Bill.
Well I came late to this. I will just say that this is definitely in contrast to the consumerism of Christmas these days.
Happy holidays and happy new year!!!
You too Levois!
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