[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 24 (Tuesday, February 7, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E283]
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                            GOD, GIVE US MEN

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                          HON. PHILIP M. CRANE

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, February 7, 1995
  Mr. CRANE. Mr. Speaker, as the new majority in Congress, we face 
tough decisions in following through with our promises to the American 
people.
  My friend and constituent, Mr. Bill Zimmerman from Gurnee, IL, 
provided me with a poem that describes the traits Americans expect from 
their legislators. I include a copy of ``God, Give Us Men'' for the 
Record, and commend it to the attention of my colleagues.
                           God, Give Us Men!

                      (By Josiah Gilbert Holland)

     God, give us Men! A time like this demands
     Strong minds, great hearts, true faith and ready hands;
       Men whom the lust of office does not kill;
     Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy;
       Men who possess opinions and a will;
     Men who have honor; men who will not lie;
     Men who can stand before a demagogue
       And damn his treacherous flatteries without winking!

     Tall men, sun-crowned, who live above the fog
       In public duty and in private thinking;
     For while the rabble, with thumb-worn creeds,
     Their large professions and their little deeds,
     Mingle in selfish strife, lo! Freedom weeps,
     Wrong rules the land and waiting Justice sleeps.
     

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