Dave Wickham is a United States citizen who resides in Bellbrook, Ohio. He has been married to Jane for over 22 years. Dave and Jane have two sons, Jeff and Brad. Dave grew up in Loudonville, Ohio and went to The Ohio State University majoring in Sociology as an undergraduate and graduated the law school. He obtained an LL.M in Taxation from Washington University in St. Louis. For the past 24 years, with a few short diversions, he has practiced law in the areas of tax, estate planning, probate and exempt organizations in Dayton, Ohio. Dave has been active in his church and involved with youth coaching, and several other organizations.
Simply stated, Dave is frustrated by today's American political system and wants to facilitate meaningful debate of the issues and provide a place in the system for moderate voters. Edmund Burke said, "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." Dave is tired of the good men sitting on the sidelines, because they have no opportunity to enter the political process.
In 1941 John D. Rockefeller, Jr. set for the following as his family's creed:
- I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
- I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity an obligation; every possession, a duty.
- I believe that the law was made for man and not man for the law; that government is the servant of the people and not their master.
- I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make living.
- I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living and that economy is a prime requisite of a sound financial structure, whether in government, business or personal affairs.
- I believe that truth and justice are fundamental to an enduring social order.
- I believe in the sacredness of a promise, that a man's word should be as good as his bond, that character - not wealth or power or position - is supreme worth.
- I believe that the rendering of useful service is the common duty of mankind and that only in the purifying fire of sacrifice is the dross of selfishness consumed and the greatness of the human soul is set free.
- I believe in an all-wise and all-loving God, named by whatever name, and that the individual's highest fulfillment, greatest happiness, and widest usefulness are to be found in living in harmony with his will.
- I believe that love is the greatest thing in the world; that it alone can overcome hate; that right can and will triumph over might.
These are the principles, however formulated, for which all good men and women throughout the world, irrespective of race or creed, education, social position, or occupation, are standing, and for which many of them are suffering and dying. These are the principles upon which alone a new world recognizing the brotherhood of man and fatherhood of God can be established. If only our current leaders would adopt these guiding principles, our world would improve dramatically. In 2009, I'm not seeing anyone who is so guided. I know Mr. Rockefeller had his issues (especially early in his career), but he sought to rectify those troubles and these words are golden.