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“You know, so much of the time we are lost. We say, ‘Please, God, tell us what is right. Tell us what’s true. There is no justice. The rich win, the poor are powerless…’ We become tired of hearing people lie. After a time we become dead. A little dead. We start thinking of ourselves as victims. And we become victims. And we become weak… and doubt ourselves, and doubt our institutions… and doubt our beliefs… we say for example, ‘The law is a sham… there is no law… I was a fool for having believed there was.’ But today you are the law. You are the law… And not some book and not the lawyers, or the marble statues and the trappings of the court… all that they are is symbols of our desire to be just…All that they are, in effect, is a prayer……a fervent and a frightened prayer.

In my religion we say, ‘Act as if you had faith, and faith will be given to you.’If… If we would have faith in justice, we must only believe in ourselves. And act with justice.” (Paul Newman, The Verdict, 1982)

As individuals, we sometimes feel helpless against the ‘system.’ In the above movie, an attorney addressed a jury, who had the power to administer justice, if only in that one case. We have been given the power to exercise our power through voting. If we act in faith, and exercise our power, we the people will prevail against the rich and the powerful. That is what makes America the home of the brave! Let us try to find truth in all things and then exercise our rights. We may not all see things the same, but that is what makes this country so great. We the people!