“Life isn't easy, and leadership is harder still.”
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You look at the steamboat, the railroad, the car, the airplane - not all of these were invented in the Anglo-American world, but they were popularized and extended by it. They were made possible by the financial architecture, the capital intensive operations invented and developed by the Anglo-Americans.
Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.
I think that if Republicans are given the reins of leadership in the House or Senate or both, we will have to govern in a way - at least put forward solutions whether or not the president goes along with them or not, that deal with these long-term challenges.
Leadership in today's world requires far more than a large stock of gunboats and a hard fist at the conference table.
