Political Quotes

“in 1946 President Harry Truman delivered his first State of the Union Message. This was the first State of the Union Message since the end of World War II. The trials of war were behind us but new challenges laid ahead. Truman laid out a vision for not only how America could survive those challenges but thrive in the modern world. He described the path forward in simple words. He said: Our basic objective--toward which all others lead--is to improve the welfare of the American people. That meant economic prosperity. It meant Social Security and unemployment insurance. It meant an opportunity for higher education, access to medical care, and the dream of home ownership. The goal, he wrote, was ``that we become a well-housed people, a well-nourished people, an educated people, a people socially and economically secure, an alert and responsible people.'' And in the three decades that followed that vision, that was reality. The middle class was never larger, never stronger, and it had never been easier to become a part of that middle class. That is the way it was. Through hard work and ingenuity, Americans prospered together. For three decades after World War II, the rungs on the ladder to success grew closer together, but in the three decades that followed, something changed.…”