Ponderage

[bcholmes]

Bob Rae has an interesting article in Macleans, about which I'd like to say a lot more (I don't, for example, agree with his characterization of the NDP). One part that really struck me is this:

Taking what my father called the pulse of democracy should not deter people from understanding that things change -- and that things must change. Henry Ford said, "If I'd asked people what they wanted, I'd have given them a faster horse." We need to listen -- but we also need to lead.

(This reminds me of one of my favourite quotations, from Benjamin Disraeli: "I follow my people; am I not their leader?")

Edit: fixed link.