“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.” These words are attributed by many to Edmund Burke, a British conservative statesman and philosopher in the 1700s. Burke cautioned against complacency and inaction. He warned of the dangers of thinking nothing can be done. Of thinking the problems are too great, so what can one person do?
Even though we do not have great power, we have each other. When we come together, it is amazing what the American people can accomplish.
We can join forces to advance the causes we know the majority of us want; fair wages, everyone paying their fair share of taxes, affordable housing and health care, expanding, not restricting, our freedoms such as reproductive choice and workers rights, a sane border policy, securing our economic safety net, eliminating big money’s corruption of our government, gun safety laws, and attention to climate change. Let’s join forces and demand a government of, by and for the people.
Joanne Garing
North Huntingdon