From left to right, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln on Mount Rushmore near Keystone, South Dakota.
Everyone is talking about who would make a good President of the United States, but what they are not talking about is who would make a good leader of our people in a time of economic and military chaos.
Is the concept of leading through example old-fashioned? Is being a leader passé?
Doesn’t anyone lead anymore, or is a person who shows people the way toward salvation from chaos too old-fashioned of an idea? A leader is someone who knows what is right from wrong, someone who knows strength from weakness, someone who is not afraid to brave the slings and arrows from outrageous misfortune.
Instead, we have politicians who look for what is popular, and determine policy based not on principle but on what demographic it appeals to. The biggest growth industry in Washington these days is lobbying and pollsters, not men with good ideas who are willing to defend them.
No one wants to tell people “no.”
Instead, we are governed by an unending desire of greed, rather than a passion for defining a nation of beliefs we stand by.
Our enemies define themselves by what they believe in. We know what an Islamic fundamentalist is. We know what a Communist is. Why don’t we know what an American is, anymore?
One of the first lessons in life we learn as an individual is to know thyself. Sadly, some people never learn this and wander through life not knowing who or what they are, and with disastrous results.
When are we, as a nation, going to stand up and say this is right and this is wrong?
When are we going to get someone who leads?
Thomas Purcell is nationally syndicated columnist, author of the book “Shotgun Republic” and is host of the Liberty Never Sleeps podcast. More of his work can be found at LibertyNeverSleeps.com.
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