Monica and I just returned from a Black Hills weekend yesterday. I was struck by Mount Rushmore. I know these old, stone-faced guys weren't perfect either, but when I listened to the national bailout hysteria coming home and the mind-numbing presidential campaigns swirling around, I find myself wondering where our leaders went. These old guys certainly had their detractors of course (and for good reason!), but they seemed to share a moral clarity and courageous sense of conviction it seems to me we find sorely lacking today.
George Washington walked away when the people wanted to make him king. The idea revolted him. I don't know...that just impresses me.
