THE NEED OF NEW LEADERS

This is true in business, with many splendid
exceptions. It is true in the church, with fewer
exceptions. Those who stand in the pulpits
have little to say that is of any practical or
spiritual help to us. It is true in politics, most
of all. Practically not one of the leaders is in
touch with the immediate urgent needs of the
British people.
All these old leaders have had their day.
They are, for the most part, able and sincere
men, but they are out of touch with the facts
of to-day. They do not understand that
taxation has become destructive and confis-
catory. They do not understand that what
workers want to-day are not doles, but steady
jobs at fair wages. They do not understand
that what business men want is not to be
helped, but to be let alone.
They insist on doing, whereas what we want
at the moment is undoing. We don’t want
more legislation. We want several hundred
restrictive laws repealed.

Most of the leaders, in both business and
politics, are too timid to do what ought to be
done. They are not Cromwells. They are
drawing-room heroes, most of them, not
fighters.

In fact, so far as real leadership is concerned,

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