Quote of the Week

Here is a bit of wisdom from an American icon – Judy Garland
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“When you get to know a lot of people, you make a great discovery. You find that no one group has a monopoly on looks, brains, goodness or anything else. It takes all the people – black and white, Catholic, Jewish, and Protestant, recent immigrants and Mayflowr descendants – to make up America. It just wouldn’t be our kind of America without any one of them.”

The First Anniversary of the Storming of the Capitol

As the first anniversary of the 2020 storming of the Capitol arrives, I would like to share this quote from 2 Supreme Court justices. Read it and take heart as this year’s January 6^th unfolds:
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In April 2018 the late Justice Ginsburg surprised candidates for U.S. citizenship with a speech at a naturalization ceremony at the New-York Historical Society, during which she quoted Alexis de Tocqueville: “The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults”
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And Judge Learned Hand: “Just what is this sacred liberty that must lie in the hearts of men and women? It is not the ruthless, the unbridled will; it is not freedom to do as one likes. What then is the spirit of liberty? I cannot define it; I can only tell you my own faith. The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure it is right; the spirit of liberty is the spirit which seeks to understand the mind of other men and women; the spirit of liberty is the spirit which weighs their interests alongside its own without bias”
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She urged America’s newest citizens to let:
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“…the spirit of liberty, as Judge Hand explained, be your beacon. May you have the conscience and the courage to act in accord with that ideal as you play your part in helping to achieve a more perfect union.”