“God Give Us Men”
“God, give us men! A time like this demands Strong minds, great hearts, true faith and ready hands; Men whom the lust of office does not kill; Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy; Men who possess 0pinions and a will; Men who have honor; men who will not lie; Men who can stand before a demagogue And damn his treacherous flatteries without winking! Tall men, sun-crowned, who live above the fog In public duty and in private thinking; For while the rabble, with their thumb-worn creeds, Their large professions and their little deeds, Mingle in selfish strife, lo! Freedom weeps, Wrong rules the land and waiting justice sleeps.” Josiah Gilbert Holland.
Although written over a century ago, the above speaks to this very moment, and indeed to the last four years that this nation suffered under the rule of “The man who would be Hitler.”
Islander.