NOT OBAMA

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 opinions 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

When was the above sonnet composed you ask? (mid 19th century by an English poet). Does it matter when the perfect, appropriate sentiment still rings true as we being 2012? EXCEPT that a women also fight for Freedom. Myself, for example, secure in my wallow, unafraid of freak-accusations or fuddy-duddy dismissals. God has given us men and women, here and now never to be tainted by outside influences once their philosophical, cultural, moral, economic and political principles have been grounded. Justice means equality, Justice is founded in fact. Justice means merited reward and punishment. Justice thwarts the delusions of liberals.