The human mind is designed to solve puzzles and one of the things it does best is matching.
It is easy to see the differences between integrity and betrayal.
The puzzle we, the citizens of the United States, are set is to return to integrity.
In order to do this, we will need to set the safeguards much higher.
In defining the integrity of our government, we will need to become surer judges of character and create surer guards against temptation and greed.
We will need to encourage honesty and integrity in all the smaller ways, from early childhood into adulthood.
We will need to value and feel the joy and delight in honesty and innovation.
We will need to create opportunities for expression of all kinds, not just in language and mathematics, but in politics and economics.
For integrity of expression, we must honor all our citizens.
It is natural to do all things well.
Everyone has a natural tendency to excellence in things they enjoy.
As we build in integrity of expression, we will gravitate toward it naturally in government.
And because now, we know more recently the temptations to corruption, we will build better citizen protection.
© 2017 Kathryn Hardage
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