from "Eisenhower's Farewell Address"
Read the quotation.
"Another factor in maintaining balance involves the element of time. As we peer into society's
future, we-you and I, and our government-must avoid the impulse to live only for today,
plundering, for our own ease and convenience, the precious resources of tomorrow. We cannot
mortgage the material assets of our grandchildren without risking the loss also of their political and
spiritual heritage. We want democracy to survive for all generations to come, not to become the
insolvent phantom of tomorrow."
Which best paraphrases this statement?