"Men come and go; ideas remain--they continue to walk on the legs of others"
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--words of slain anti-mafia prosecutor Giovanni Falcone
--words of slain anti-mafia prosecutor Giovanni Falcone
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posted by Anonymous at
12:43 PM
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Amazing, amazing man. His integrity, humble devotion to his job, his honor have done so much for the people of Italy. As a child I read one of the volumes of The Lives of the Saints and was struck by the fact that none of these people we call saints were born to perfection; rather, they were faced with hideous cruelty and *chose* to respond in a divine manner. I think of Giovanni Falcone in the same category. We can debate whether or not there's Heaven or Hell, whether or not there's a God, whether or not it's possible to determine sainthood. But I do know that this guy could have colluded, could have been lazy, could have looked the other way, could have been half-hearted about his commitment to his job or his family or his integrity. But instead he made the choice day after day to be a simple, good man. He was not born in tights with a cape and a big S on his chest. But he chose the divine path.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Sheet_Falcone_Borsellino.jpg/180px-Sheet_Falcone_Borsellino.jpg
"You have not killed them---their ideas walk on our legs."
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