I BELIEVE ESSAY I believe the United States has lost the commitment to a governance "of the people, for the people and by the people". There is no longer a general sense of taking action for the common good, but...
My beliefs: I am alive and a part of the world, je pense je suis. History is complex and not well understood, and we continue to pay the price of our actions in that past as a culture, nation, and...
I believe that in back of the position my country occupies in today’s world is an ultimate purpose. World leadership is not ours by accident, nor did we seize it by conquest. It is entrusted to us to see if...
I cannot speak of my beliefs without speaking of my father, who had such a big part in shaping them. Mother died when I was 3 year old, and upon Father fell the job of guiding me. Both my parents...
When my grandfather came to California as a young veteran of the Civil War, he came as a clergyman to save the immortal souls of men who had come ahead of him in search of gold. Twenty years later, his...
I have a family crest that goes back a long, long time. On it, this message is symbolically inscribed: “Be straight as an arrow in your dealings with men. Always look forward and up. Never despair. As long as the...
In the Parable of the Sower, it is the grain that has no depth of root that flourishes for a while and then withers away. So it is with what we fondly call, “beliefs.” Unless they are firmly rooted, the...
If I could sum up what I believe in a single sentence, I think it would this: I believe in the future. This is the star which has guided my life, and I have tried to instill this faith in...
