Six Guiding Principles
I
“You commit a sin of omission if you do not utilize all the power that is within you. All men have claims on man, and to the man with special talents, this is a very special claim. It is required that a man take part in the actions and passions of his time at the peril of being judged not to have lived at all”
Oliver Wendell Holmes
II
If your cause is just, what is worse than losing is not trying.
Tim Danson
III
“Roman law ruled not by reason of authority but by authority of reason”
Gregorio’s History of European Law
IV
“Dig up the past and you lose an eye; forget the past and you lose both eyes” (Solzhenitsyn) Stated differently, “The only thing new in the world is the history you do not know” (President Harry Truman)
V
“If you fought for your country, you had a right to play a part in changing its future, as well as a responsibility to do so”
The Hon. Barnett J. Danson, P.C., C.C., LL.D, Leg.d’honneur (Fr.)
VI
“When I was deep in poverty, you taught me how to give.”
Bob Dylan — “Wedding Song”
