Abraham Lincoln on the Source of Great Achievement
“We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of heaven; we have been preserved these many years in peace and prosperity; we have grown in numbers, wealth and power as no other nation has ever grown….” ( Abraham Lincoln — Thanksgiving Day in 1863 ) “No human counsel hath devised nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things. They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God…. ( Abraham Lincoln — Regarding establishing a national day of thanksgiving. October 1863 )
I always shake my head when I hear Gallatin Airport Authority’s self-aggrandizement on the brilliance of their management and how irreplaceable are its members. Lincoln had it correct: We do not thrive as a country because of the power of mere men. Should anyone in government believe otherwise, that seems reason enough to check their ego and replace them.