The Lone Ranger's Creed

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Wait a minute, you might say. The Lone Ranger? Isn't that some cheesy old TV show from a million years ago with a "masked avenger" on a white stallion, as he defeats the outlaws and then rides away into the sunset? Yes, it was a TV show, and an old one at that. I've watched it, and it doesn't have the highest production values of anything I've ever seen, but I still think it's pretty good for it's day. Mostly I like the purity of the plots, how the good guys defeat the bad guys, without crossing the line and joining them in wrong doing.

I came across this in an article (strangely enough from a link on the Ramble board over at the Republic of Pemberley), but I never knew the Lone Ranger had a creed, nor have I ever seen it before. I like it a lot, and I think it would be a good standard to live by.

It's really too bad that there are precious heroes these days who are like The Lone Ranger. Come to think of it, it's too bad more real people don't live by these rules, too.

The Lone Ranger Creed

by Fran Striker

"I believe that to have a friend,
a man must be one.

That all men are created equal
and that everyone has within himself
the power to make this a better world.

That God put the firewood there
but that every man
must gather and light it himself.

In being prepared
physically, mentally, and morally
to fight when necessary
for that which is right.

That a man should make the most
of what equipment he has.

That 'This government,
of the people, by the people
and for the people'
shall live always.

That men should live by
the rule of what is best
for the greatest number.

That sooner or later...
somewhere...somehow...
we must settle with the world
and make payment for what we have taken.

That all things change but truth,
and that truth alone, lives on forever.

In my Creator, my country, my fellow man."

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