The Articles - A World Without Leaders
Paul Johnson's 1994 essay for Commentary, "A World Without Leaders".
"Casting an eye over the list of successful presidential candidates of the past, I speculate on how many would have been deterred by the present day habit of intrusion into presidential lives which is liable to degenerate into a witch-hunt at any moment. Would George Washington, already dubious about accepting the presidency, have put up with such treatment? The answer, surely, is no. Nor would Jefferson."
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"Casting an eye over the list of successful presidential candidates of the past, I speculate on how many would have been deterred by the present day habit of intrusion into presidential lives which is liable to degenerate into a witch-hunt at any moment. Would George Washington, already dubious about accepting the presidency, have put up with such treatment? The answer, surely, is no. Nor would Jefferson."
Read on here.
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