Our military men and women, police, firefighters and EMT's....
I ran across this quote again and thought about how much it rings true today. Every time I hear of some college or university ban Military Recruiters, or demonstrations against the war on terrorism, or the person who has never served our country make a derogatory comment I think of this:
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."
~John Stuart Mill - from On Liberty circa 1859
When the wolf comes prowling it’s the sheepdogs that keep them at bay. The sheep just baaaa... The next time you see or hear a person making comments about our men and women in the military or police or other first responders, just look at them and "baaaaa". Then smile and walk away. Because unless you are willing to take up arms and stand beside them and stop the wolves, you are no more help than a sheep…..