Count Leo Tolstoy (1828 to 1910) said that all his thinking could be summarized on the basis that if corrupt people united then good people should do the same- that it was as simple as that!

Everyone Can Potentially Lead A Churchillian Life

In times of crisis there is often a fine line between great leadership and inadequate leadership, which with regard to the latter can actually compound an existing disaster. Alternately, it is often out of disaster that great leadership comes to the fore because more than adequate leadership is required.

A long standing and traditional theme in literature and culture is that determination always being a virtue because it is commensurate with a positive approach to promoting the common good. This perspective negates the fact that there have been too many instances of people and leaders throughout history who have been determined to overcome all obstacles in the pursuit of their self-interest.

Social Economic Australia Economic Policy Section - If Australia is to break from a destructive rent-seeking public policy direction then the interests of wheat growers in the eastern states must be protected. Such a development would vividly convey that Australia has finally broken with so-called ‘economic rationalist’ policies that have stubbornly and unnecessarily been pursued by economic elite since 1983 at the expence of the nation’s genuine national interest.