Some people believe that in order to be effective, political leaders must yield to public opinion and abandon principle for the sake of compromise. Others believe that the most essential quality of an effective leader is the ability to remain consistently committed to particular principles and objectives.
Write a response in which you discuss which view more closely aligns with your own position and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should address both of the views presented.
What is the paramount quality an effective political leader should have? Some people argue that political leaders should always listen to the voice of the public even when it does not align with principle, whereas others believe that they should be consistent by prioritizing rules and regulations. While I think both of the arguments are quite extreme, I tend to agree more with the latter; political leaders should be firm on their belief in particular principles and objectives.
Firstly, when it comes to long-term political objectives, which requires patience and persistent public persuasion, it is the adamant and firm commitment of political leaders that enables any meaningful success in politics. Without Lincoln’s unwavering conviction, the practice of slavery would not have been removed from the America. If Martin Luther King has compromised with the opponents, the human rights of black people could not have been improved as much. If Roh Muhyun, the previous president of South Korea, has yield to the public’s fear of changing public health care, the Korean medical service would have remained unaffordable and substandard. As shown by a number of examples, a firm adherence to certain principle and political objectives is critical when a political leader engenders a groundbreaking change in the society.
Secondly, intransigency of political leaders is important because it could tremendously affect organizations that are relying on their decisions. Policies and regulations have a strong impact on private organizations, since they establish their strategies and operate based on them. Consider, for example, a political leader who is vacillate in whether or not increasing the amount of budget on welfare system. As he or she changes the former statement on the issue, according to the public’s opinion, a number of relevant organizations would encounter a huge risk of operating, due to the unstable governmental funding. Thus, if a political leader cannot properly support a number of organizations that are playing a critical role in the society, by being swayed by the public, he or she would not be considered effective.
Nevertheless, some may still argue that if a political leader does not listen to the public, what is the reason of being a ‘leader’ of the people. Further, some may even say political leaders are mere the representatives of the public. Although I agree with that political leaders should be attentive to pursuing of the well being of the public, I still insist that it can be only achieved by blindly following the voice of the public. The huge number of people does not necessarily guarantee the justification of their opinion and idea. We should remember that Adolf Hitler was appraised by a number of people. Thus, what we should ask for our political leaders is not simply to listen to the whimsical public, but to be committed to certain principles and objectives that could benefit the society, even if it does not seem so favorable by an immediate glance.
To sum, to be an effective leader, it is critical to be adamant and firmly committed to certain principles and objectives. Without such quality, one would not be able to bring changes through a long-term political objective, but only confuse many organizations that are relying on the policies and regulations.
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Essay evaluation report
Good job. The arguments are stronger and better with this writing style.
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Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 4.5 out of 6
Category: Good Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 21 15
No. of Words: 536 350
No. of Characters: 2729 1500
No. of Different Words: 245 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.812 4.7
Average Word Length: 5.091 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.873 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 223 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 161 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 111 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 86 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 25.524 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 8.862 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.619 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.333 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.531 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.16 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 5 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 333, Rule ID: BEEN_PART_AGREEMENT[1]
Message: Consider using a past participle here: 'vacillated'.
Suggestion: vacillated
... for example, a political leader who is vacillate in whether or not increasing the amount...
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Line 5, column 346, Rule ID: WHETHER[7]
Message: Perhaps you can shorten this phrase to just 'whether'. It is correct though if you mean 'regardless of whether'.
Suggestion: whether
... a political leader who is vacillate in whether or not increasing the amount of budget on welf...
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Line 7, column 122, Rule ID: EN_A_VS_AN
Message: Use 'an' instead of 'a' if the following word starts with a vowel sound, e.g. 'an article', 'an hour'
Suggestion: an
...the public, what is the reason of being a 'leader' of the people. Furth...
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Discourse Markers used:
['but', 'first', 'firstly', 'if', 'may', 'nevertheless', 'second', 'secondly', 'so', 'still', 'thus', 'well', 'whereas', 'while', 'for example', 'i think', 'in particular']
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance in Part of Speech:
Nouns: 0.215106732348 0.240241500013 90% => OK
Verbs: 0.152709359606 0.157235817809 97% => OK
Adjectives: 0.103448275862 0.0880659088768 117% => OK
Adverbs: 0.055829228243 0.0497285424764 112% => OK
Pronouns: 0.0410509031199 0.0444667217837 92% => OK
Prepositions: 0.114942528736 0.12292977631 94% => OK
Participles: 0.047619047619 0.0406280797675 117% => OK
Conjunctions: 3.06474602356 2.79330140395 110% => OK
Infinitives: 0.0295566502463 0.030933414821 96% => OK
Particles: 0.0 0.0016655270985 0% => OK
Determiners: 0.0968801313629 0.0997080785238 97% => OK
Modal_auxiliary: 0.0311986863711 0.0249443105267 125% => OK
WH_determiners: 0.0213464696223 0.0148568991511 144% => OK
Vocabulary words and sentences:
No of characters: 3360.0 2732.02544248 123% => OK
No of words: 536.0 452.878318584 118% => OK
Chars per words: 6.26865671642 6.0361032391 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.81161862636 4.58838876751 105% => OK
words length more than 5 chars: 0.419776119403 0.366273622748 115% => OK
words length more than 6 chars: 0.326492537313 0.280924506359 116% => OK
words length more than 7 chars: 0.22947761194 0.200843997647 114% => OK
words length more than 8 chars: 0.173507462687 0.132149295362 131% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.06474602356 2.79330140395 110% => OK
Unique words: 252.0 219.290929204 115% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.470149253731 0.48968727796 96% => OK
Word variations: 55.4082157013 55.4138127331 100% => OK
How many sentences: 21.0 20.6194690265 102% => OK
Sentence length: 25.5238095238 23.380412469 109% => OK
Sentence length SD: 51.7020945027 59.4972553346 87% => OK
Chars per sentence: 160.0 141.124799967 113% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.5238095238 23.380412469 109% => OK
Discourse Markers: 0.809523809524 0.674092028746 120% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.94800884956 101% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 5.21349557522 58% => OK
Readability: 58.1730632552 51.4728631049 113% => OK
Elegance: 1.51315789474 1.64882698954 92% => OK
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.562836631657 0.391690518653 144% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence: 0.152348113994 0.123202303941 124% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence SD: 0.087134819025 0.077325440228 113% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence: 0.56288227304 0.547984918172 103% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence SD: 0.127431306972 0.149214159877 85% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.22866230382 0.161403998019 142% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0889042320308 0.0892212321368 100% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence: 0.409468434656 0.385218514788 106% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence SD: 0.0672712447969 0.0692045440612 97% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.393240117961 0.275328986314 143% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0610260133901 0.0653680567796 93% => OK
Task Achievement:
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 10.4325221239 96% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 5.30420353982 151% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.88274336283 61% => OK
Positive topic words: 7.0 7.22455752212 97% => OK
Negative topic words: 8.0 3.66592920354 218% => OK
Neutral topic words: 3.0 2.70907079646 111% => OK
Total topic words: 18.0 13.5995575221 132% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
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Rates: 83.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.0 Out of 6
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