“It’s always politics, isn’t it,
unless it is our own point of view?
Then it is the truth.” ¹
- “The Ambassador’s Daughter”; by Pam Jenoff, pg.136. ISBN-13: 978-0-7783-0913-0
Tag: People and politics
The only unity in our country and politics currently is fight!
- I will fight for you
- I will fight for this
- I have always fought for this
- We need to fight for this
- I am a fighter
- I/we must fight against this/them
If all we can do and think about is fighting, it is no wonder we do not accomplish much. After all, if all we want to do is fight and defeat the foe, we are never open to actually accomplishing anything.
I believe this mindset is creating a sub-conscientious anger in us as we are always looking for, expecting and wanting to fight.
We need to take a step back, take a breath, put things in perspective and work towards success. Instead of fighting, lets work towards the objective and goal. Lets work together.
Given the current political and social atmosphere we have created, I can not help but ask, if we as a country and society have any virtue left. We only seem to care about winning. Whatever the cost! I mean personal cost, lack of truth, lying, corruption, deceit. Hopefully, as Seward stated during the civil war:
“… that there was always just enough virtue in this Republic to save it; sometimes none to spare, but still enough to meet the emergency…” ¹
¹ Porter, General Horace. “Lincoln and Grant.” Century Illustrated Magazine 30, No. 6. (October 1885)