[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 52 (Friday, May 1, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E735]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                TRIBUTE TO LEADERSHIP TRAINING INSTITUTE

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                           HON. STEVE LARGENT

                              of oklahoma

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 30, 1998

  Mr. LARGENT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commend the Leadership 
Training Institute (LTI) for its goal to call America's youth to their 
highest personal standard of excellence and their greatest potential 
for leadership.
  To maintain greatness as a nation, we must strive for excellence as 
individuals. And the standard of excellence is largely set by our 
nation's leaders--leaders in politics, business, the media, and in our 
pulpits.
  Training programs that encourage youth to achieve their highest 
possible standard of excellence are setting the necessary foundations 
for tomorrow's leaders.
  The Leadership Training Institute originated in Arkansas. But through 
its staff, youth participants, and donors, reaches across many states, 
including my home state of Oklahoma. LTI strives to impart to America's 
youth the common virtues in our Nation's great leaders and the source 
and continuity of those virtues over the course of our history. Thomas 
Jefferson recognized, ``God who gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a 
nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that those liberties 
are the gift of God?''
  The programs and activities of LTI are designed to prepare youth to 
face the moral challenges of our day with a foundation that is 
scientifically reasoned and replete with experiences of America's 
greatest leaders. This training, which is rich in Biblical 
perspectives, plays an important role in preparing today's youth to set 
standards of excellence for themselves and others in their homes, 
schools, communities, and government.

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