If You Want The Things

If You Look At Great Human Civilizations, From The Roman Empire To The Soviet Union, You Will See That Most Do Not Fail Simply Due To External Threats But Because Of Internal Weakness, Corruption Or A Failure To Manifest The Values And Ideals They Espouse.

What More Could You Ask For In Life Than To Be Given An Impossible Challenge?

One Of The Very Hallmarks Of Our Nation Is The Ideal Of E Pluribus Unum. It Is A Concept That Richly Flows From The Highest Ideals Of Our Nation.

The War On Drugs Is A War On People, But Particularly It's Been A War On Low-income People And A War On Minorities. We Know In The United States Of America There Is No Difference In Drug Use Between Black, White And Latinos. But If You're Latino In The United States Of America, You're About Twice As Likely To Be Arrested For Drug Use Than If You're White. If You're Black, You Are About Four Times As Likely To Be Arrested If You're African American Than If You Are White. This Drug War Has Done So Much To Destroy, Undermine, Sabotage Families, Communities, Neighborhoods, Cities.

Let Your Critics Make You Humble, And Your Enemies Make You Wise. Learn From Every Stumble But Let Nothing Keep You Down, For You Were Born To Rise!