But we look back now, and we realize the Great Society was not a success.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Despite what some would have us believe, success is not built on resentment and fear.
The greatest failure is that although we have created institutions, we have not created a civil society.
We've stayed really normal and down to Earth I think, and haven't let the success thing go to our head.
People still don't appreciate how ephemeral success is.
History is fickle. We know that. The good and bad come around and go around, and go around again. There are recessions and depressions and economic boom and bust.
We have the opportunity to move not only toward the rich society and the powerful society, but upward to the Great Society.
We failed, but in the good providence of God apparent failure often proves a blessing.
The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else.
I think that if you ask what's made us successful, it's because we've been fortunate enough to identify, in a number of cases, great people early. Then we throw all the resources behind them and are aligned with them.
If we become one of those societies that attack success, why not come as certain there will be a lot less success? And that's not who we are.