Tag: George Washington

The challenge before America is not to recreate an idealised past, but to renew itself while remaining faithful to the enduring principles upon which it was founded

In the US, Presidents Day celebrates the American president – not only as a political leader, but as a moral leader. But can a president be a person

It is difficult to see how Trump achieves his goal of being widely seen as “great”. The next four years will tell

Eclairages

  ‘Mind your manners’ isn’t just something your mother told you. Manners – and civility – are an essential component of how things get done in government

  The good leader, insisted Machiavelli, is morally right to do what is usually taken as wrong. He or she must be cruel, deceptive and often violent

By Nita Chicooree-Mercier