(Pic: The Huffington Post)
President Obama delivered his State of the Union address Wednesday night. Here are among the words that stood out for me:
- “And if the Republican leadership is going to insist that sixty votes in the Senate are required to do any business at all in this town, then the responsibility to govern is now yours as well. Just saying no to everything may be good short-term politics, but it’s not leadership.”
Hard lesson to learn in life: there is no point in being nice or magnanimous to people who don’t want to work with you, or who want to define you.
- “Abroad, America’s greatest source of strength has always been our ideals. The same is true at home. We find unity in our incredible diversity, drawing on the promise enshrined in our Constitution: the notion that we are all created equal, that no matter who you are or what you look like, if you abide by the law you should be protected by it; that if you adhere to our common values you should be treated no different than anyone else.”
The perennial truth: The promise of equality, or at least the striving and the dedication towards this ideal, is the best thing about America.
(Cartoon courtesy of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
