Don't mess with Tex. George W. Bush is a great loyalist, but he is not a statesman.

If you could cash in on a wish, he would get my vote, but like Ronald Reagan, who made drugs a bigger problem when he declared war on drugs, Bush enlarged the circle of terrorists when he declared war on terrorism.

Justice has to be cultivated. Uprooting what we call evil is a neverending challenge, it is not a goal, and this is why the indispensible qualification for political office is extraordinary intelligence and wisdom, not bravado.

Statesmen should be as specifically and thoroughly trained as physicians. Those men and women who thirst for possessions endlessly multiplied are better suited for occupations that do not involve elected office. The electorate should be intelligent enough to vote for those who are properly trained and qualified and render those who are not, ineligible.

Those who announce themselves as a candidate and are not properly trained and qualified deserve be ridiculed because we do not deserve the quadrennial show and sham of tweedle dum and tweedle dee.

We should elect people who show a certain standard of ability, to make a democracy worthy of the name.

Man can image a better world through higher standards and it is total folly to elect somebody who does not have the ability to think clearly and to rule wisely.

All men should do work which is best adapted to their nature and aptitude, we know what that is and we should therefore engage a ruthless, weeding out to elect those who possess the body, the mind and character that is necessary to govern well.

Life is the gift of nature. Political leadership is the gift of wisdom. We all have the former but the later needs to be cultivated before the power to destroy is placed in the hand of those who have caused all the misery this world has suffered.

The restraint of reason is in the hands of synthetic thinkers who are philosophers at heart, and when Camelot is ultimately crowned by popular consent he should not be dethroned by violent passion.

We owe to one another certain amenities and obligations, and we must all share this sanction of reason, to be able realize the opportunities we all deserve.

How does one control passion without reasonable restraint? Do we understand the vice of reflex?

Virtue is knowledge and harmonious action. How can we possibly do the right thing when we do not even possess the faculty to know what that is? Do you now see why it is important to demonstrate wisdom BEFORE the power to lead is exercised?

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