Speak Up And Do Good

One of my high school English teachers often quoted the following line from Thoreau's Walden:

“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation."

This author gives advice on how to end that quiet desperation:

• You know the truth when you feel, understand or hear it.
• You feel a sigh of relief when you hear and speak the truth; others feel it, too, when you take the courage to speak it.
• Yes, you will experience resistance; use it and work with it toward your ultimate objective.
• Know that when you speak the truth and take action toward the truth—to right a wrong or vanquish something evil—you gain the energy of the universe or Providence or whatever you may consider “power for good.”
• Remember that “universal energy” conspires to work with you for truth and goodness you desire.
• As you take action, you will find commonality among others that want to work with you.

You can read the rest @
http://www.rense.com/general96/speakup.html

This allegedly is still a democracy, and each of us should have an input.

Should this no longer be a democracy, each of us has an obligation to do something about it.