These are quotes that I hope would be pondered as we move forward in these uncertain times: 

Elizabeth Seton: "Live simply so that others may simply live." 

M.K. Gandhi: "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind." 

Roosevelt Memorial (Washington, D.C.), "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." 

Howie Farnsworth (high school history teacher), "The great civilizations (throughout recorded history) have survived about 200 years. They have not fallen to outside enemies, but rather from corruption from within." 

My thoughts: an open society can only survive and work as intended if the individuals are honest, respectful of others, and take responsibility for themselves and their actions.

Where do we go from here?

Nancy Field

East Lyme