{"data":{"id":"us-la/rs-49-155.5","jurisdiction":"us-la","citation":"RS 49:155.5","heading":"State Senate poem","body":"There shall be an official state Senate poem. The official state poem of the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana, written by Jean McGivney Boese, and entitled, \"Leadership\", reads as follows:\n\"It is easy to bend with the wind and be weak,\nWrapped in silence when it would take courage to speak,\nTo do nothing when crises demand that you act;\nTo prefer a delusion to unpleasant fact.\nBut the easy evasions that dreamers embrace\nAre denied to a leader with problems to face.\nHe must cope with the world as he finds it, and plan\nTo make each hard decision as well as he can.\nHe can't hide from the truth or deny what is real.\nThough a lie might assuage all the fears people feel.\nFor the truth is the truth, and no lie can prevail.\nIn a world that is real, one must face truth or fail.\"","path":["TITLE 49. STATE ADMINISTRATION"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=103547","current_through":"2025 First Extraordinary Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:02:57Z","sha256":"191f53e986e2c29e0175761d1666c5fc67caa278ab0d672d5893951130780af6","source_id":"us-la","stale":false,"prev":"us-la/rs-49-155.4","next":"us-la/rs-49-155.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}