July 4, 2016
Freedom and courage go together. It takes courage to defend freedom and freedom begets courage.
Many books have been written in this nation about courage in the defense of freedom. They mention military exploits and physical courage. Interestingly, very few have been written about moral courage and its necessity to defend moral values like honesty, justice, and compassion.
Many of
us grew up saying the pledge of allegiance at school every morning in the classroom. The every-dayness of it set it firmly in memory and perhaps in disposition as well. I saw a little video recently of a father and son reciting a different, home-made pledge.
The father was dropping his son off at school, but before the child got out of the car they said together:
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