I Do Not Choose to Be a Common Man
I Do Not Choose to Be a Common Man
by Dean Alfange
It is my right to be uncommon—if I can.
I seek opportunity—not security. I do not wish to be a kept
citizen, humbled and dulled by having the state look after
me.
I want to take the calculated risk; to dream and to build, to
fail and to succeed.
I refuse to barter incentive for a dole. I prefer the
challenges of life to the guaranteed existence; the thrill of
fulfillment to the stale calm of utopia.
I will not trade freedom for beneficence nor my dignity for
a handout. I will never cower before any master nor bend
to any threat.
It is my heritage to stand erect, proud and unafraid; to
think and act for myself, enjoy the benefit of my creations
and to face the world boldly and say, “This I have done.”
You cannot take care of yourself, by waiting for a government to take care of you! Because one person or entity cannot address all of your needs. Why, then, would you allow the poor and needy to be cared for by such an inadequate fate!
August 24th, 2009 at 5:53 pm
Perhaps because care of the poor and needy are not really the subject of these endeavors at all?
August 24th, 2009 at 5:54 pm
Make that “care . . . is not”
August 25th, 2009 at 7:43 am
Are you saying some people want ‘poor and needy’ people?
That’s VERY poor and needy of them!