He was a very honorable man, and rather than declare bankruptcy and cheat people out of what they were owed, he struck a deal with them and forty years later triumphantly paid off all debts to the last penny. Too many people these days would say that this was a really stupid thing to do. However, I believe that it is the best example I know of to prove his honor and integrity. My Uncle Paul came to be president of two manufacturing companies in Chicago. He was always the perfect fatherly figurehead for me, with his capacity for understanding, commanding ways, and grace.
Society seems to be heading for hell in a hand basket.
Personally, I am sad at the passing of a time when the majority of people had enough honor to fulfill their commitments and obligations, the integrity to say what they mean and mean what they say, and to be proud to be a member of the finest Republic on the face of this earth. A pride that forbade one from sullying America's good name. With the aid of the media, nothing is allowed to stick to him. Any republican committing one-tenth of what he has foisted on the American public would have been a candidate for impeachment long ago. But his beaming smile, slight of subject, youthful exuberance, convenient loss of memory, and his masterful manipulation of the media with his distortions and half- truths all aid the media to keep their guns leveled at everyone else.