For this post I would quote two people. One is Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who passed today: "Fight for the things you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you."
The other is from her longtime friend and ideological opposite on the Court, Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, who passed on February 3, 2016. Upon someone inquiring as to how many times Justice Ginsberg had voted with him in light of his practice of sending her two dozen roses on her birthday, Scalia said, "Some things are more important than votes." Scalia's son Christopher, in a Tweet expressing his family's sadness on Ginsburg's passing, recalled the story.
Judging by my Facebook newsfeed and what I have heard people are saying on Twitter, those who will emulate these two people whom so many profess to admire number in the thousands. Really? Thousands? Yes. Remember, we live in a nation of 330 million and somewhere just under 50 million are said to use Twitter, and I am nothing if not an optimist.
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