The love of power vs. the power of love
Christian Science Monitor
by Lawrence W. Reed
08/28/07
We look forward to the time when the power of love will replace the love of power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace. So declared British Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone more than a century ago. His audience surely responded then the same way audiences would today –- with universal approval. But the world, perhaps more so now than when Gladstone spoke, seethes with hypocrisy. Though we say we prefer love over power, the way we behave in the political corner of our lives testifies all too often to the contrary. Gladstone was eminently qualified to say what he did, and he sincerely meant it. He was a devout man of faith and character, lauded widely for impeccable integrity in his more than six decades of public life. Four times prime minister, he still ranks as one of the few politicians who really did ‘grow’ in office...
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0828/p09s01-coop.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Lawrence W. Reed
08/28/07
We look forward to the time when the power of love will replace the love of power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace. So declared British Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone more than a century ago. His audience surely responded then the same way audiences would today –- with universal approval. But the world, perhaps more so now than when Gladstone spoke, seethes with hypocrisy. Though we say we prefer love over power, the way we behave in the political corner of our lives testifies all too often to the contrary. Gladstone was eminently qualified to say what he did, and he sincerely meant it. He was a devout man of faith and character, lauded widely for impeccable integrity in his more than six decades of public life. Four times prime minister, he still ranks as one of the few politicians who really did ‘grow’ in office...
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0828/p09s01-coop.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 29. Aug, 12:05
