Just as the hand, held before the eye, can hide the tallest mountain,
so the routine of everyday life can keep us from seeing the vast radiance
and the secret wonders that fill the world.
18th-century Chasidic saying
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