Mia Farrow: "We need a better president NOW"

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4. The ultimate check on tyranny isn't the body of law and institutions. It's the character of the people...

... that populate those institutions.

Anyone who once "poo pooed" the notion that character matters in our electeds -- perhaps believing that they all have no character -- are learning what it actually means for the people charged with upholding the constitution to have absolutely no moral integrity or respect for the oath of office.

Character does matter and I think it is becoming crystal clear to more and more people that it is not just We the People that are the ultimate check, it is also the character and integrity of the people we elect that makes for decency in government.

Yes, we are a government of institutions and laws. but none of that matters if the institutions are populated by people who are corrupt to their cores.