1.
Leadership itself is merely the opportunity to
serve and political power is a God-given tool to be used to change lives for
the better.
2.
Power is held by man but is owned by no one.
3.
All that is necessary for the evil to triumph is
that good men do nothing – Edmund Burke.
4.
True prosperity occurs when we look beyond the
next election and the horizon of self interest and begin to address the fate of
the next generation.
5.
Democracy and good governance are delicate
things that must be nurtured and protected. The good that took years to build
can be wasted in an instant by the depravities of the few who are intent on
plundering the state and upending a common good.
6.
It is possible for us to engage in competitive,
partisan politics and even have intense political disagreements yet refrain
from being violent and destructive.
7.
It is only when despotism and suppression are
your goals that you rain injustice on your opponents.
8.
No pursuit of political office is worth a human
life.
9.
Any agenda which turns our children into warring
combatants over crumbs of their rightful civic inheritance has to be resisted.
