Sunday, May 26, 2013

Today's Maxwell Quote

From For the Power is In Them . . . (1970), 56-57:
In the brief stipulation of virtues to be possessed of men to be elected to public office it is difficult to improve on the relevance of the scriptures which counsel us to seek out individuals who are "wise," "good," and "honest." Too often we settle for one or two of these virtues only to be disappointed by acts which arise from the absence of one of the virtues in this triad. Each virtue is crucial, as history attests.