"It was steadying to know that the die was cast. One could no longer do anything but face the fact that this country was in a war; from here on, difficult and dangerous as the future looked, it presented a clearer challenge than had the long uncertainty of the past."


I chose this quote because of just how difficult the outlook must have looked to Eleanor Roosevelt and her husband. Pearl Harbor had just been attacked by the Japanesse and the Pacific Fleet was all but destroyed. However, it must have been comforting to know to Eleanor and the president that they were no longer on the edge of war, the wait was over. Now they had to raise up to the challenge and defeat the Japanese.