Where is the moral
leadership of Washington?
The intellect and
curiosity of Jefferson?
Where is the brilliant
wisdom of Lincoln?
The righteous
fight of Franklin?
Where is the humility
and charisma of Kennedy?
The hard fought civil
rights of Johnson?
These things we need
at times of change, at times
of crises of our own choosing.
At times of crumbling
Madisonian Democracy.
At times of faithlessness.
and rampant corruption.
At times of social unrest.
and deep world conflict.
Where is the morality, the
intellect, the wisdom, the
fight, the humility, the equality?
Only we can rise up and
demand the end to the
crises of our own choosing.
The world we leave
our children will be
built on the shoulders
of leaders of quality,
honor and faith.
or
built on the ashes of
a corrupt history, of
power, inequality,
and injustice.
We choose our leaders
We choose our future.
It’s getting scarier and scarier out there, Mike. Deploying troops is very worrisome to me.
Another Crisis of our own making. It is good to remember what real leadership looks like in time of crisis… rather than those who simply exploit for their own advantage.
Beautifully said as always Mike. As a society, ultimately we get the leadership we deserve… or said another way, if we tolerate or even support abhorrent behavior that is on us.
It reminds me of the famous quote falsely attributed to Edmund Burke that says “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”