State Poems
- State judicial poem, written by Sylvia Davidson Lott Buckley, and entitled, "America, We The People":
- "America
- We the people
- Justice, the word most sought by all, seek God to bless the courts with truth, for through His wisdom we rise or fall.
- America
- We the people
- Do honor this great lady fair, who with her mighty arms still holds, the scales of Justice for all to share.
- America
- We the people
- Do offer threads of hope to all, for Justice covers everyone; she does not measure, short or tall.
- America
- We the people
- Boldly make this pledge to thee, that Justice will, in mind and heart, guide each destiny.
- America
- We............the...........people."
- LL 155.4, 1995
- State Senate poem, written by Jean McGivney Boese and entitled "Leadership":
- "It is easy to bend with the wind and be weak,
- Wrapped in silence when it would take courage to speak,
- To do nothing when crises demand that you act;
- To prefer a delusion to unpleasant fact.
- But the easy evasions that dreamers embrace
- Are denied to a leader with problems to face.
- He must cope with the world as he finds it, and plan
- To make each hard decision as well as he can.
- He can't hide from the truth or deny what is real.
- Though a lie might assuage all the fears people feel.
- For the truth is the truth, and no lie can prevail.
- In a world that is real, one must face truth or fail."
- LL 155.5, 1999
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