Postcard to Overbeck

[H2O Man]

"The future does not belong to those who are content with today, apathetic toward common problems and their fellow man alike, timid and fearful in the face of new ideas and bold projects. Rather it will belong to those who can blend passion, reason, and courage in a personal commitment to the ideals and great enterprises of American society. It will belong to those who see that wisdom can only emerge from the clash of contending views, the passionate expression of deep and hostile beliefs. Plato said: ‘A life without criticism is not worth living’."
--Senator Robert F. Kennedy; Make Gentle the Life of This World: The Vision of Robert F. Kennedy (edited by Maxwell Kennedy); page 29.

I was reminded of this, one of my favorite of Robert Kennedy’s sayings, as I watched the news this afternoon. The media and others opposed to the Obama campaign will attempt to use the issues involving Rev. Wright as a wedge to divide us. But there is not a choice that supporters of Barack Obama need to make. When we recognize this, that wedge is gone, and something else emerges in our campaign.

"The new circumstances under which we are placed call for new words, new phrases, and for the transfer of old words to new objects." – Thomas Jefferson

[NanceGreggs]

1. Wonderful post ...

... as always!

:kick: & REC'D!!!

[H2O Man]

2. Thank you.

I think those are two interesting sayings.