Becoming Fearless | Arianna Huffington: FDR and Fearlessness: How the Personal Became the Political | The Huffington Post: "...And because fearlessness, like fear itself, is contagious, FDR's conviction that he and his fellow Americans could handle whatever challenges came their way ended up infecting -- and buoying -- the entire country. The Great Depression and WW II were certainly legitimate causes of fear, but Roosevelt's mastery of his fear helped inspire millions to do the same. Just imagine how differently the current occupant of the White House would have dealt with these monumental crises -- using them to stifle dissent, gain political and partisan advantage, smear critics, and browbeat a nation into compliance.
Instead of assuring us 'the only thing we have to fear is fear itself,' W would have told us the only way out of the Depression is to waterboard the Constitution, put Lady Liberty in a 'stress position,' and attach electrodes to the private parts of the Bill of Rights.
The paraphrase FDR, the only things we have to fear are fear itself -- and those who use it for their own shameful purposes."
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