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| The Capitol building of the US |
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| E Pluribus Unum - Out of many, One |
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| God of Freedom - behind me of course |
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| Martin Luther King Jr |
It has taken me awhile to write this as I wanted to spend some time to reflect on what I have learnt here about governance and leadership. America is a great country. Not perfect but great. She has a great history, she gave birth to great people, but most importantly I think she is founded on great principles. E Pluribus Unum - out of many, one. This country is made up of many peoples, many ideas, many beliefs but all of them have one common principle, that each individual no matter rich or poor, regardless of color or ethnicity have rights - they are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness (as seen in the Declaration of Independence). Every individual has a voice. The issue with that of course is that making decisions take time. Time to listen, time to deliberate. The strength of such a policy however is that every decision made tries to take in account multiple perspectives and hopefully that decision will be the best at that point in time.
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| At the feet of Einstein |
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| "As long as I have any choice in the matter, I shall live only in a country where civil liberty, tolerance, and equality of all citizens before the law prevail" - Albert Einstein |
There are conditions and prerequisites of course to this voice. The owner of such a voice must be responsible and well informed. It should be made in view of the common good and for the advancement of the nation.
I think these are wonderful ideals. Ideals that value every individual, every voice. A management style based on this ideal will take time, but i think it is worth it. Einstein certainly thought so...
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