You should hear what they say about us when they go home. The politeness is at once replaced by the most impolite references to the speakers and their platitudinous outpourings. Because they know that we are not sincere. We say one thing and do another. Our personal character and public performance do not match the high-flown nonsense that we talk.
Leaders are probably the same all over the world.
This was some time ago on the 15th World Youth Day. The Pope joined the hundreds of thousands of young men and women to celebrate the day. After the usual mass, which is a feature of all Catholic religious occasions, he addressed this huge concourse and appealed to young people world wide to defend peace and fight famine, illiteracy and unemployment. This piece is not about the Pope but about the perceptions of our youth. Sincerity in a leader evokes instant respect.