Be sure to read the entire piece as it is more expansive on humor and human folly.
Great leaders, including great presidents, inevitably have
their flaws. This is so because they are humans and thus subject, to greater or
lesser degrees, to errors of judgment and performance. ... It goes without
question that many of the best, the most capable, the most honorable people in
our society shun elective and, in too many cases, even appointive office.
Is it possible today to be a visible public servant and retain a sense of
honor, dignity, and self-respect? All the leveling forces at work in our
society would seem to answer no.
... For many of us, politics is not the art
of making the rich richer in the hope they will dispense a farthing or two in
the beggars cup or the church collection plate. A thousand points of light do
not begin to dent the misery abroad today in every American city and throughout
our countryside. Politics, to paraphrase one of Plato's dialogues, is the art
of caring for souls.
Source: Hart, Gary. "God, Human Folly, and Laughter," Huffington Post. 12/31/11.
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