For a long period of history, aristocracy represented a real
chance for an alternative to monarchy.
During this era, several principles
grew: honor, public virtue, noblesse oblige, sacrifice for the nation, the need
to prepare oneself for leadership, the role of citizen-leaders, the education
of citizen-readers.
I am not a fan of the aristocratic model, but these lessons
apply to our nation as well. If we lose these principles, we lose much of what
makes a democratic republic work.
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Social Leader Daily by Oliver DeMille
