Part VI — The Statue of Liberty and “The New Colossus”

Hello America:

My name is Bobby Sawick and I am a voice for MADA,

and MADA stands for Make America Decent Again.

Part VI — The Statue of Liberty and “The New Colossus”

For a time, America faced one of the greatest struggles in its modern history —

not a war of armies,

not a clash of weapons,

but a struggle of identity.

For generations, a woman stood in the harbor with a torch lifted high.

She did not shout.

She did not command.

She simply welcomed.

She welcomed emigrants to freedom — and freedom, joined with dignity and decency, is the beating heart of America.

And in 1883, a poet gave her a voice —

a voice that whispered to the world:

“Give me your tired, your poor…”

Those words were not weakness. They were courage —

the courage to believe that decency could be a national strength.

But somewhere along the way, America began to forget the meaning of that torch.

The light still burns… but do we still understand what it asks of us.

The New Colossus was never about politics.

It was never about left or right.

It was about character —

the character of a nation that once believed dignity was not something to hoard, but something to extend.

And so the struggle began: Would America remain the land that lifted a lamp beside the golden door…

or would the lamp dim as our decency dimmed.

This is the crossroads we face today.

The Statue of Liberty still stands.

The poem still speaks.

But the question is no longer what she says.

The question is whether we still listen.

MADA rises here — not to rewrite her message, but to remind America of the promise we once made to ourselves.

A promise of welcome.

A promise of freedom.

A promise of dignity.

A promise of decency.

And a promise that the light in her torch would never be allowed to go out.

You can help heal the wounded Heart of America — the Heart of Freedom, Dignity, and Decency — and the wounded Soul of America, the Soul shaped by the Constitution and the laws that guard your rights.

To participate, you have my permission to copy and repost Part VI of MADA on any social media platform you use — and let decency be seen, shared, and multiplied.

“And when you see a post of Part VI of MADA, add a comment — even a short one — and tap the like or dislike button. Every interaction helps push decency back into the public square.”

You can follow the original MADA @ MADA website — mada-series.org and you can follow the original MADA @ Bobby Sawick on Facebook. Together, we can remind America of something it has not lost — only forgotten.

Thank You

Bobby Sawick

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