More lessons from the past

“We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics."
~F.D.R., 1937

I can't get over how these types of quotes - like the Whig I quoted earlier - show how clearly we fail to learn from the past.

On a slightly different note, with all the comparisons being tossed around, "Obama is the new MLK Jr.!" "Obama is the new Mandela!" I really think that - in situation, style, and policy - FDR is the most apt.