"When I was fifteen, my father gave me a first edition copy of Ray Bradbury's magnificent work, 'The ..." — Thomas Steinbeck

My father valued patriotism above all other social obligations, but he had his own particular interpretation of just how true patriotism was meant to function.

From my father's point of view, without a thought for self, a true patriot stands up against the stones of condemnation and speaks for those who are given no real voice in the halls of justice or the halls of government.