So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance. In every dark hour of our national life a leadership of frankness and vigor has met with that understanding and support of the people themselves which is essential to victory.

—Franklin D. Roosevelt, First Inaugural Address

Where, in our current dark hour, is leadership of frankness and vigor?

Conservatives didn’t have a very good opinion of Franklin Roosevelt back in 1933. They called him a “traitor to his class”. They’re still trying to dismantle the New Deal. And, as cartoonist Tom Tomorrow shows, they embrace fear.

The only thing they have to fear is the end of nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror.