So what should the more serious-minded citizen be looking for in the next leader of the free world? What criteria beyond hair and quips might a man use to evaluate and judge candidates for office, or those already in office?
Opinions will certainly differ on such a significant and pressing question. But while I was in college, I was introduced to an excellent yardstick for measuring our leaders, one that has stuck with me ever since.
A bedrock of principlesA politician and a statesman are not the same thing. A statesman... is not a tyrant; he is the free leader of a free people and he must possess four critical qualities:
- A moral compass
- A vision
- The ability to build a consensus to achieve that vision