Quote of the Day - Remember

William the Coroner reminded us that Life's symphony sometimes plays fortissimo, and sometimes plays pianissimo, but always plays.  If we listen, and remember:

Never Forget.

Never forget that the freedoms we enjoy were paid for in blood. The founders pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their honour to establish them and young men died to keep them.

Never forget that freedoms are hard to maintain, and we must be vigilant and avoid external and internal enemies. Freedom must be maintained not only at the borders but at the ballot box. That corruption is insidious, and might be more dangerous than a blustering demagogue. It is also worth remembering that the worst devils have the fairest faces and the most seductive voices.

Never forget that there are many symbols on the gravestones, and many skin colours of the people underneath them but blood is always red.

Never forget that there are men still on duty, from the jungles of southeast Asia to the beaches of Normandy, from Bellau Wood to the Coral Sea

In a sense, this is a fitting epitaph.  R. I. P. William the Coroner.

Requiem æternam dona eis, Domine,
et lux perpetua luceat eis.  Amen.