Remember the words of Plato
Today is Election Day. This is an important day in the future of our country and our state.
Please remember the right to free elections is very expensive as our freedoms were earned through the service and sacrifice of our past and present veterans and their families. We owe it to them and our children to make the effort to vote.
Plato said, “One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.”
J. Dwight Dyess
West Point
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