AUDIENCE MEMBER: “Can you give us an example of a leader we should look up to as a positive influence?”
Dalai Lama (after thinking for a few seconds): “President B*sh. I met him personally and liked him very much. He was honest and straightforward, and that is very important. I may not have agreed with all his policies, but I thought he was very honest and a very good leader.”
Read the MIT article here.
I, too, disagree with much of what President B*sh did/did not do (i.e. failure to secure our borders, TARP, etc. etc.); however, I do believe that he is an honest—misguided in certain areas—but an honest man.
Once our eyes are opened, we cannot pretend we don't know what to do. God, who weighs our hearts and keeps our souls, knows what we know, and He holds us responsible to ACT.
~~Unknown