[o1iver]

How is it that such dishonest people become leaders in our countries? I would expect those leading my country to at least have some integrity!

[lutusp]

> I would expect those leading my country to at least have some integrity!

You want people with integrity to run for public office? Isn't that a contradiction in terms? I'm not speaking of the appearance of personal integrity, something that can be manufactured, I'm speaking of real integrity.

"It's not what you are, but what people think you are that is important." -- Joe Kennedy

[o1iver]

Me too. And I would wish that those people had real integrity.

[joopa]

That is perhaps a little naive. People attracted by power (i.e., power over other people's lives) are by definition not saints. Expect most of them to be sociopaths, and your expectations would be closer to reality.

[o1iver]

I guess it's the old saying of absolute power corrupts absolutely. It is very sad though!