In PRL, toward the end of Ben's address at the Waldorf Astoria before a leadership conference, Ben states: “Several are the measures of the true leader. Three such, however, I submit, should precede all others. In the form of interrogatives, asked of one’s own self, they are thus: For what causes would I, without benefit of forethought, forfeit my very life, that these causes might succeed? For what principles would I, without benefit of forethought, forfeit my very life, that these principles might prevail? For what persons would I, without benefit of forethought, forfeit my very life, that these persons might continue in theirs?”
Do you agree with Ben in whole or in part? If not, what is your own concept of the true leader? Can you give us an example of one such leader today?
