EPIC FAIL: Glenn Beck Quotes from the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Unintentional Hilarity Ensues
American conservative radio host and political commentator Glenn Beck quoted extensively from the Luabvitcher Rebbe’s teachings about leadership on his daily talk show.
“What makes a good leader? Glenn was given a book over the weekend, Towards a Meaningful Life, and he felt it revealed a lot about what makes a good leader,” his blog read.
The controversial Beck read 4 lengthy paragraphs from the best selling book “Toward a Meaningful Life: The Wisdom of the Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson” authored in 1995 by Simon Jacobson.
Beck used the quotes to attack political leaders in Washington DC and elsewhere from both the Republican and Democrat parties.
Here is what he read on the show (quotes taken from a transcript of his show, not the book):
“In our secular society we tend to think of a leader as a person who’s well connected or who is powerful or charismatic or wealthy. We judge leaders by what they have. But a true leader should be judged by what he has not: Ego, arrogance, and self-interest.
“A true leader sees his work as a selfless service towards a higher purpose. As the sages say leadership is not power and dominance. It is servitude.That doesn’t mean that a leader is weak. He derives great strength from his dedication to a purpose that is greater than himself.
“Every generation has its Moses, a leader who inspires absolute trust, who is totally dedicated to fulfilling his unique role. He understands and appreciates each person’s role in perfecting this world and guides him or her accordingly. He rises above any individual perspective to take a global view, seeing how much each person and each issue fits into the entire scheme of the contemporary world.
“A true leader shakes people from their recovery and tells them, no, you don’t need to live a life of desperation and confusion. Yes, you do have the ability to find meaning in your life and the unique skills to fulfill that meaning. You’re an important link in a chain of generations past. You have a legacy worth preserving and a future worth fighting for.
“A true leader shows us that our world is indeed heading somewhere and that we control its movement. That we need not be at the mercy of personal prejudices or prevailing political winds, that none of us is subservient to the history or nature that we are history and nature. That we can rid the world of war and hate and ignorance, obliterate the borders that separate race from race and rich from poor.