Clash of Civilizations
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And lastly, this is no time for silence. We need more culturally diverse, open-minded thinkers in the government today. When you look at the great minds that founded the principles of the Democracy you have to think that they’re probably rolling in their graves when looking at the country and our present overseas interests. The folk who set this country apart from England as the home of the free were not interested in nation-building rather in people-building where all had the opportunity to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. They were rational thinkers interested in creating, not the “us against them” mentality, but the “we are together reality.” They were liberal Deists who understood that with great power comes great responsibility. They understood that “Absolute power corrupts, absolutely!” Yes, we need more U.U. political activists!

As I close, it’s not about you or me it’s about the future, as the world continues to become a neighborhood. Dr. King said it well, “We must learn to live together as brothers and sisters or we will perish as fools.” If you continuously bomb your brother or sister you will create a deep animosity and hate that will take years to fix.
 
I know the clashes are there. I know the conflicts are real, but there is something above all of that—the human heart. We all have the capacity to care. My heart tells me to “Do unto others as I would have them do unto me.” It’s not rocket science. It’s simple. Just care about people, the best of them and the worst of them. That’s it.

And so, as the music plays, I ask that you ponder the challenge this morning; the challenge that asks you to read more, listen more, think more and do more.

Let it be so!

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