Thursday Quote
Dave Price
"Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy. We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong."
-- Theodore Roosevelt, 1906
The man was well ahead of his time.
Or maybe just well ahead of ours.
Lord knows I don't make the measure, but that doesn't mean there shouldn't be ideals to strive for.
Jefferson: See what kind of man penned that great document, and swore hostility to all who would enslave the mind.
Lincoln: See what what kind of man was steadfast to do what is right as we can see the right, and yet had the deepest well of humility an magnanimity of anyone.
Roosevelt: See what kind of man rose above his physical limitations to show courage both physical and moral and never wavered from it.
Those were men.
Of course we all lose our tempers now and then. Dean freely admits to being imperfect in this regard, which is why regulars to this establishment will generally be cut more slack than people who we don't know very well.
Still: behave like an adult, or go find somewhere else to play. Thanks.