07-05-2013, 12:02 AM
The patriot may ride in on a white horse in uniform carryin' the colors.
It ain't about the patriot, imagine Dougout Doug MacArthur.
It ain't the flag. Gaudy Patriotism of Parades or Campaigns.
No Fuhrer. No Rescue by Custer.
No manufactured hero.
Its the internal moral compass.
Live like Smedley Butler did.
Semper Fidelis.
Live to the oath sworn to the Constitution and self.
When the privates in your command walk, you walk with 'em.
Same chow, same rack, same life. Same chances.
And as a civilian continue the code for its own reasons.
No that is not a "patriot".
But I think Chesty Puller might understand the person too.
It ain't about the patriot, imagine Dougout Doug MacArthur.
It ain't the flag. Gaudy Patriotism of Parades or Campaigns.
No Fuhrer. No Rescue by Custer.
No manufactured hero.
Its the internal moral compass.
Live like Smedley Butler did.
Semper Fidelis.
Live to the oath sworn to the Constitution and self.
When the privates in your command walk, you walk with 'em.
Same chow, same rack, same life. Same chances.
And as a civilian continue the code for its own reasons.
No that is not a "patriot".
But I think Chesty Puller might understand the person too.
Read not to contradict and confute;
nor to believe and take for granted;
nor to find talk and discourse;
but to weigh and consider.
FRANCIS BACON
nor to believe and take for granted;
nor to find talk and discourse;
but to weigh and consider.
FRANCIS BACON