"He seemingly lacks the ability to empathize with anyone who is meaningfully different from himself, and that is not an acceptable characteristic for someone who wants to be the president of a diverse democracy."

Melissa McEwan, on Ron Paul. It seems like “ability to empathize with people who are meaningfully different from oneself” is a pretty important characteristic for a leader, yet nobody talks about it much. I don’t, even, at least not in those terms. But I think I should.