Honestly and public service are our most important virtues, individually and as a nation. THEY are fundamentally critical to the functioning of a successful democracy. THEY are the gears that drive our democracy, and we turn those gears with our RIGHT TO VOTE. THEY are bedrock principles that can bring happiness and fulfillment to each of us, and to all of us as a nation when we live them out in our lives. THEY give us the moral courage and energy we need to look deeper inside our basic natures, and to know better what it means to be human. LASTLY, HONESTY AND PUBLIC SERVICE are assured only when they stand on actions of CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY.
We should not forget that in a very basic way …
- Public service grows only from the fertile soil of honesty and a charitable outlook.
- It follows that no position on any specific issue is a fair position without honesty and …
- That means we should first think of everyone else as we think of ourselves. How would we want to be treated? That’s the question. Indeed, the answer to that question tells how we should treat everyone.
When we are true to these three principles, in word and deed, there will be both HONESTY AND PUBLIC SERVICE in fact. Our democracy will be enriched and strengthened.
Abraham Lincoln called attention to honesty and public service, and their relationship to citizenship, civility, and civic responsibility with a simple turn of words. If he disagreed with someone, he said, “I don’t like that man (or women), I must get to know them better.”
It’s time for us to take that approach for a test drive too!!
. . . remember that America’s best days aren’t behind her. America’s best days are ahead of her. They always have been and always will be.
Dave
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