Lee Atwater (1951-1991), known as a brutal, consummate
political strategist and hardball Republican National Committee chair, became a
repentant believer and foe of “DC-mentality” before he died of brain
cancer. Before he died, he said, “I acquired
more [wealth, power, and prestige] than most.
But you can acquire all you want, and still feel empty. It took a deadly
illness to put me eye to eye with that truth, but it is a truth that the
country, caught up in its ruthless ambitions and moral decay, can learn on my
dime. [The leaders of the ‘90s must] speak to the spiritual vacuum at the heart
of American society. . . . What is missing in society is what was missing in
me: a little heart.”
--from A Cup of Coffee at the Soul Café by Leonard Sweet, p.
19
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