Looking Forward to Better Times in 2009

"Breadline" by George Segal. A reminder of the Great Depression. The words of Franklin D. Roosevelt engraved next to the men: "The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial, Washington, D.C.

• My father once stood in a breadline but like many of his generation, hope and determination enabled him and the country to recover. Just as Roosevelt led our nation out of the Great Depression, we look forward to better times for our country under our new president. We must all do our part and not rely only on others.
• "The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so must we think anew, and act anew...and then we shall save our country." Abraham Lincoln, 1862
• "Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real. They are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this, America: They will be met." Barack Obama, 2009