Leaders with moral authority understand what they can demand of others and what they must inspire in them. They also understand that formal authority can be won or seized, but moral authority has to be earned every day by how they lead. Leaders with moral authority have several things in common, said Seidman: “They trust people with the truth — however bright or dark. He only wanted Comey’s blind loyalty — delivered free because Trump thought he had the formal authority to demand it. It is imperative, in the short run, that some moral leaders emerge in the G.O.P.

Source: New York Times June 21, 2017 07:21 UTC