O Harry!

The Blog | Raymond J. Learsy: Harry Truman, Where Are You? We Need You! | The Huffington Post:

"...Harry Truman was not only brave, he held duty to country far beyond personal fiefdom and fealty. Who could serve the nation best -- that was his consistent requirement for appointments.
In their brilliant and now all too timely book 'The Wise Men', Walter Isaacson and Evan Thomas quote Paul Nitze, one of the authors of the Marshall Plan and director of the State Department's policy planning staff: 'I have never seen such a panoply of first-class people who have never thought of putting their interests before the nation's.' These people included such luminaries as John J. McCloy, Averill Harriman, Dean Acheson, George Kennan, Charles Bohlen, Robert Lovett, and Nitze himself. Not to mention the extraordinary likes of George C. Marshall, Douglas MacArthur, and General Lucius Clay. Their combined wisdom brought honor to America with their vision to rebuild Europe and Japan, to bring order to the chaos of a post war world, and to create an effective bulwark against the then Stalinist menace..."

This post is excellent reminder of better leadership. Read it, please.