Before you try to repair the world, put your own life in order. Clean your habits, your words, your finances, your relationships. If you can’t govern yourself, why should anyone trust you to govern anything else?

Start small and concrete: fix what you know is wrong, make amends, keep your room—and your calendar—in honest order. Then your criticism gains weight, because it comes from someone who has paid the price of discipline. Personal order is the seedbed of a just and free society.