thedrifter
02-14-03, 04:18 PM
I DO NOT CHOOSE TO BE A COMMON MAN.
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 sale. 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.
All this is what it means to be an American.
Sempers,
Roger
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 sale. 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.
All this is what it means to be an American.
Sempers,
Roger