1. It is often necessary, even desirable, for political leaders to withhold information from the public.
/ ~: C% G8 s+ w" Q: k5 M" P, ?2 y2. There are two types of laws: just and unjust. Every individual in a society has a responsibility to obey just laws and, even more importantly, to disobey and resist unjust laws.
7 C$ _3 L, |) {! r1 E9 R; ^% X0 U$ l3. To be an effective leader, a public official must maintain the highest ethical and moral standards.
" Q, D& K; D$ z F: M4. It is impossible for an effective political leader to tell the truth all the time. Complete honesty is not a useful virtue for a politician.
: r7 {. z: h V6 r$ A& |9 K1 {5. Those who treat politics and morality as though they were separate realms fail to understand either the one or the other.' ^8 y% V' [3 ?4 c3 W
6. Laws should not be stationary and fixed. Instead, they should be flexible enough to take account of various circumstances, times, and places.- ~# G2 a6 B: B. i! ~: l
7. The goal of politics should not be the pursuit of an ideal, but rather the search for common ground and reasonable consensus. |
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