Leadership

"A true leader does not take the public to where the public happens to be, because the public is already there. A leader takes the public to where the public should be, according to that leader’s view of the society’s highest ideals – ideals that the public shares but which have not yet been realized."

Robert Reich in his post "Obama and Pragmatism." He was speaking of something else, but I thought it might be appropo for tonight's City Council budget hearing.