In March 1933, United States president Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave his first inaugural address in the dismal depths of the Great Depression. With the financial system near implosion, civic collapse loomed. Roosevelt famously set out to calm a terrified nation with his famous “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself” line. But as critical as the domestic situation was, Roosevelt understood the US, and all other countries, needed to restore international trade while avoiding war. So, he included the following resonant observation: In the field of world policy I would dedicate this...