Has anyone checked that gravesite in Independence, Missouri? You might detect some movement, ’cause Ol’ Harry must be gyrating under the dirt. I refer, of course, to former U.S. President Harry Truman, that 20th Century paragon of character in leadership, who once, languishing in the polls, said, “I wonder how far Moses would have gone if he had taken a poll in Egypt? What would Jesus Christ have preached if He had taken a poll in the land of Israel? Where would the Reformation have gone if Martin Luther had taken a poll? It isn’t polls or public opinion alone of the moment that counts.”

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Truman also famously adorned the Oval Office’s Resolute Desk with a plaque reading “The Buck Stops Here,” a clarion call for accountability in public service. Other

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