To live in the presence of great truths and eternal laws, to be led by permanent ideals -
that is what keeps a man patient when the world ignores him,
and calm and unspoiled when the world praises him.
Honore De Balzac
A minimalist approach to essential, transparent, accountable, flat, adaptable, responsive, solution-based government, rooted in virtuous individual autonomy, traditional values and free markets, with a bias towards reduction of government functionality, cost and scope