Good leaders protect rights If you know anything about the history of the United States, you know that the founding fathers pledged their lives, property and sacred honor to free this nation. What does this mean in the 21st century? Recently, a young United States senator, Rand Paul, stood for a 13-hour filibuster. The result was that he did obtain a letter from the attorney general stating that drones would not be used to kill U.S. citizens within the United States. Sen. Paul is not a career politician, yet he was criticized by career politicians for taking up the time …