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0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), December, 2006

Ford left us lessons in leadership When our leaders pass on, they leave behind a legacy of lessons in how society as a whole can benefit from an individual's rise to greatness. Today we are looking back on what former President Gerald Ford taught us about leadership in public office. Ford, who died Tuesday at age 93, set examples to follow as we approach another election.

No one is running for the White House in the races to be decided in April. But it doesn't mean those hoping to become mayor, or village president, or a member of a village board, library board, park board or city council can approach their work with any less conviction, honesty and humility than a president - a president like Ford. Above all else, Ford had a quality that is missing in...

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