The President of today is just the postage stamp of tomorrow.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.
Of all Americans who have appeared on the nation's postage stamps, Ayn Rand is probably the only one to have thought that the United States government has no business delivering mail.
Traditionally Presidents Day was Washington's birthday. It was celebrated as a public holiday on February 22 each year, in peace or in war.
Today's news, which may be yesterday's anyway, will be eclipsed tomorrow.
Today is the only day. Yesterday is gone.
Let's assume for the moment that the logic behind Presidents Day is actually sound for certain presidents. Why not have a separate holiday for Lincoln and one for Washington - as we used to do, before we became so concerned with the 'Every President Gets a Trophy' ethos?
Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift. That's why it's called the present.
Washington's birthday is worthy of celebration - he is one of the greatest men in history. But Washington himself would likely have seen celebration of the office of the presidency itself as monarchic in nature.
Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday.
Don't we realise that the student of today is the executive of tomorrow?