Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation
in the pursuit of justice is no virtue. -Senator Barry Goldwater
I would not normally
quote Barry Goldwater (although when I was a 2nd Lieutenant in pilot
training, I did run into him in the men’s room at Andrews AFB in 1964, but
that’s another story for another time). Today, Memorial Day, however, I’m proud
to quote him. Not so much for the first sentence—but for the second. It seems
to me that the pursuit of justice (in the broadest sense) is what is missing in
contemporary politics. When I think of my friends from the Air Force who died
while on active duty—John Banks, Tom Fiedler, Jim Goodman, I know that they
would want both the defense of liberty and the pursuit of justice. Their lives
lost were in vain if we don’t work tirelessly to achieve both. May God bless all
veterans today.
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