We have heroes out there

Ben, you recognize the truth and are acknowledging it in this excellent article. There are other heroes of humankind out there, speaking truth courageously, embracing social justice and acting on it daily in unsung jobs around the country. Maybe they are not nationally known, maybe they work at grassroots levels shoulder-to-shoulder with the people they are trying to help, but they are passionate about the truth and feel a deep and abiding concern about man's inhumanity to man. They bring light wherever they go and to those who are fortunate enough to be within the sound of their voices. 
 
These people have the stamina, courage and intelligence to endure the rigors of the election process in this country, but they are not drawn to that arena for the simple reason that they know they cannot continue to speak the truth as they know it, an essential part of their nature, and still be elected to office.  
 
We have heroes who should be leading this country, but the American people are, unfortunately, averse to the truth, and will not put people into office who speak it clearly and without reservation. What a terrible pity. I try to retain a sense of hope that one day this attitude of fear and denial of the truth by so many people in our country will change.  
 
Below, two quotes of Alexander Solzhenitsysn taken from Allen Roland's weblog today: 
 
"One word of truth shall outweigh the whole world" 
 
He prophetically wrote in his WARNING TO THE WEST in 1974. ( Farrar, Strauss and Giroux. pg 79-80 ): 
 
" We are approaching a major turning point in world history, in the history of civilization. It's the sort of turning point where the hierarchy of values which we have venerated, and we use to determine what is important to us and what caused our hearts to beat is starting to rock and may collapse. These two crises, the political crisis of today's world and the oncoming spiritual crisis, are occuring at the same time. Your leaders will need profound intuition, spiritual foresight, high qualities of mind and soul. May God grant that in those times you will have at the helm personalities as great as those who created your country"

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