the more he thought about it the more he saw himself like a man on top of a hill with a standard bearer at his side , looking toward a sunrise , ready to usher in a new era in a department that would not only build new roads but would serve as a model for other departments shent of the old ways of bribes and cronyism a department run for the people , by the people , for the interests of the state , and not just another slush fund to move around budgets to line the pockets of the well connected .