Members of the House have an obligation to the people and to the House as an institution. A few weeks ago, the House chaplain opened the session with a prayer in which he asked God to give us the courage to do our duty with honor. Of course these words have meaning in the sense that they have dictionary definitions. But they only have real meaning when they are backed up by action. Duty means doing that which may require great personal sacrifice in order to fulfill a responsibility to a calling higher than self-interest.
Honor is a self-imposed standard of conduct.
Courage is being able to do what is right in the face of a known danger. The Rhinoceros Times. All Rights Reserved.