Yesterday a veteran responded to the query "How can we average Americans ever thank you for your service?"
His reply: "Work to improve your family, your neighborhood, your town, and your state. Make our sacrifice worthwhile by improving the nation we are defending. "
So those our marching orders as citizens are to use our energies, talents, and influence to make things better because we were there. From gracious small talk with the check-out clerk to patience with the elderly to compassionate tough love with the recalcitrant to informed political activity to implacable personal honesty, let us continue to thank our American veterans until the next Veterans' Day.
The Third Fall of Rome
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Our self-inflicted weakness, which is of a moral rather than material
nature, exposes us to a determined enemy.
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