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1. Washington faced down the Newburgh Conspiracy by giving a speech to the officers involved.
"Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for I have not only grown gray but almost blind in the service of my country."
vs current leadership.
1. Washington faced down the Newburgh Conspiracy by giving a speech to the officers involved.
"Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for I have not only grown gray but almost blind in the service of my country."
vs current leadership.
2. When Bonaparte returned to France, a group of soldiers were sent to kill him. He told them, "If you would shoot your Emperor, then do it." They deserted and joined his army, instead.
Instead, we have these leaders.
Instead, we have these leaders.
3. Caesar faced mutineers down, calling them "civilians" instead of his normal term, "brothers." This implied that they had already left his army by their mutiny. They begged him to be forgiven and taken back in.
Instead, we have these leaders.
Instead, we have these leaders.
4. Teddy Roosevelt got shot during a speech:
“Friends, I shall ask you to be as quiet as possible. I don’t know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot.” Finished his speech.
Instead, we have these leaders.
“Friends, I shall ask you to be as quiet as possible. I don’t know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot.” Finished his speech.
Instead, we have these leaders.
5. Read about these men, and then remind yourself that we have zero leadership in government and virtually no courage because we voted them in: soft careerists who sold out values to Mammon, let lobbyists draft our laws which they rubber-stamp, and who cower behind benches.
6. "Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under."
-Henry Mencken
-Henry Mencken
