GOD, give us men! <br />A time like this demands <br />Strong minds, great hearts, true faith and ready hands; <br />Men whom the lust of office does not kill; <br />Men whom the spoils of office can not buy; <br />Men who possess opinions and a will; <br />Men who have honor; men who will not lie; <br />Men who can stand before a demagogue <br />And damn his treacherous flatteries without winking! <br />Tall men, sun-crowned, who live above the fog <br />In public duty, and in private thinking; <br />For while the rabble, with their thumb-worn creeds, <br />Their large professions and their little deeds, <br />Mingle in selfish strife, lo! Freedom weeps, <br />Wrong rules the land and waiting Justice sleeps.<br /><br />Josiah Gilbert Holland<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/god-give-us-men/
