Columnist Charita Goshay writes that an effective American presidency embraces character and a sense of servant-leadership.

But on the first Inauguration Day, in 1789, George Washington did something else ... Each is also part of a genre that has characteristics which, at some level, are expected and understood ...

George Washington could ... the office also been about the character of the person who inhabits it. Holding onto power held no temptation for Washington, who gave 45 years of public service ...