Saturday, August 27, 2016

Great America

From its birth and built on its Constitution, America had the promise of greatness. And America is a great country, if not always a good one. There are ugly episodes like the treatment of the Indians, the Civil War, expansionism, the intrusion into Third World countries and others.

Jesus Christ and other great spiritual and political leaders realized that poverty, injustice, racism and the will to power were intractable human problems. That these would never be mastered. Greatness comes in recognizing this fact, but not giving up. Continuing to put energy and resources and faith into into attacking them with vigor.

America has wealth, power, resources and stature. But history shows us that great nations fall.
They can be conquered, but they can also rot from within. And here is where America stands. Can it sustain the moral drive that has so often made it great?

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