{"id":1681434,"date":"2022-10-10T08:55:54","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T12:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1681434"},"modified":"2022-10-10T08:56:15","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T12:56:15","slug":"mark-lewis-the-kind-of-leaders-we-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mark-lewis-the-kind-of-leaders-we-need\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Lewis: The Kind of Leaders We Need"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmark-lewis-the-kind-of-leaders-we-need%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1681434&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<aside id=\"aside1\" class=\"left aside-wrapper aside-wrapper-950\">\n<\/aside>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">We need leaders, of course, good ones. Though endowed by his Creator with liberty, the human beast still occasionally needs guidance and direction, especially when we are young and ignorant. There are leaders in all walks of life, from family to business, education, spiritual, sports, culture, and politics. In this article, given we are in an election season, I wish to home in on political leadership.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">What kind of people do we need in government as our political leaders? Let me list some qualities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">1. We need leaders who know the difference between right and wrong. Sadly, this eliminates probably every elected Democrat in the country. For, anyone who supports a political party that actively endorses and advocates the murder of unborn babies and the mutilation of children has given up every scintilla of moral virtue, perception, discernment, and goodness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">2. We need political leaders who love the country, will protect it, defend its citizens against criminals and illegal invaders, and who will treat all citizens equally and fairly. Leaders in America need to love America.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">3. We need leaders of high moral virtue whom others, especially children, can look up to and emulate. This immediately eliminates curs like Bill Clinton, a blatant adulterer. Is he the kind of example we want our youth to imitate, people who will not even honor the most sacred trust and commitment they made?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">4. We need leaders of great character strength, who will not be blown about by current fads and trends, who are rooted firmly in excellent cultural and moral traditions, and who know, and will set, a straight course and stick with it. We need leaders who will not let the human filth of society drag them down to the lowest common, slimy denominator. I don\u2019t want leaders who are \u201clike the people.\u201d I want leaders who will show the people what they ought to be.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">5. We need leaders who are economically frugal, who realize they are spending their citizens\u2019 money, money those people need to live on and survive. The typical, corrupt politician uses other people\u2019s money to buy votes and ensure his\/her selfish hold on power. There is no such thing as a \u201cleader\u201d who frivolously wastes money that is not his\/hers. I don\u2019t want my money spent on some useless grant to a Harvard egghead who is studying why left-handed, blond-headed barbers in Salem, Massachusetts flatulate more than red-headed, ambidextrous firemen in Lawton, Oklahoma. That isn\u2019t the purpose of government. Nor is it the purpose of government to throw our money into wars that have nothing to do with our interests or necessities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">6. We need leaders who realize that they don\u2019t have every answer, that they are not perfect, and that there is a Wiser, Higher Power from whom they should humbly, and frequently, seek guidance. And who will be honest with the American people about this?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">7. We need leaders who know how to control their tongues, speak sparingly and wisely, and speak words of calmness, truth, encouragement, unity, and excellence. A foul-mouthed liar who doesn\u2019t know how to control his\/her mouth or when to shut up is the very antithesis of good leadership. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">8. We need EXCELLENCE in leadership. If other people want to be our political leaders, then we have the right to expect them to be exceptional people, who know the right way to go and how to get there. That is what leaders are supposed to do! We don\u2019t expect perfection. But we do have a right to expect wisdom, exceptionalism, and a proper example, especially from people who are 79 or 80 years old, who have lived long enough that they ought to know the difference between good and evil, right and wrong, proper and improper. If people of age don\u2019t know, how can we ask younger people to know? And if people who have lived the longest and experienced the most can\u2019t set a proper example, who can? People will follow their leaders, and tragically, in America today, that is EXACTLY what they are doing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Folks, something is very wrong with an educational and cultural system that doesn\u2019t produce excellent people, people of virtue and self-control. Everyone SHOULD develop these qualities as they grow older and learn. Unfortunately, very few do. When our largest political party nominates, and the American people elect, a 78-year-old man who has absolutely none of the eight qualities listed above, but is the very antithesis of every one of them, then our entire system has gotten far, far off the strait and narrow path. Excellence is difficult. It requires constant effort, fortitude, vigilance, diligence, self-examination, and self-discipline. Selfishness, profligacy, and promiscuity are easy and fun ways. But also the direct road to destruction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The fact that very few such excellent people exist on earth, even in America, is the very reason why the government should be limited and human beings allowed very little power over others. Give power to monsters and they will eat you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">America used to know these things. What happened?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">We can, and must, try to save the country. But the hour is late. It is difficult to be optimistic at present when\u2026who?&#8230;in the country fits the description above?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cI sought for a man\u2026[to] stand in the gap\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cBut I found no one.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">May God bless America with the leaders we need.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><em>Mark Lewis is a native Texan currently living in Thailand. His first book,\u00a0<\/em><\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1636486533\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Whitewater<\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, a western novel, is available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Eliva.com. His second book, River Bend, will be out soon. And check out his new blog at\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thailandlewis.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">thailandlewis.blogspot.com<\/a><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><em>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We need leaders, of course, good ones. 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