January 9 – The moral test

I did not see Meryl Streep on the Golden Globes last night.

I was watching Annie Hall on Turner Classic Movies.

But after listening to her stirring remarks today, I’m prompted to quote Hubert Humphrey (not from memory or Google, this is on my office wall):

The moral test of government is how it treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children: those who are in the twilight of life, the aged; and those who are in the shadow of life, the sick, the needy, and the handicapped.

And we must now add, “The moral test of those who seek to run our government.”

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