“Sincerity and competence is a strong combination. In politics, it is everything.”
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If you join government, calmly make your contribution and move on. Don't go along to get along do your best and when you have to - and you will - leave, and be something else.
Part of courage is simple consistency.
The battle for the mind of Ronald Reagan was like the trench warfare of World War I: never have so many fought so hard for such barren terrain.
Candor is a compliment it implies equality. It's how true friends talk.