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.
The problem statement presents us with two contrasting sides of an argument. The first side is that political leaders should solely make decisions based on popular public opinion and should ignore the principles that they might hold. The other side presented says that an effective leader is the one who can stay committed to a set of objectives and follow them religiously. In my opinion, it is a complicated matter which has no easy answers. I believe that both the arguments have their own merits and demerits which need to be taken into consideration before choosing a side.
In asserting that a political leader need not look any further that popular voice to make decisions and policy, we would be assuming that the majority of the public is always correct. However, if our history has taught us anything, it is that there is nothing more dangerous than a leader who gives in to the voice of its corrupted citizens. We can look at the famous Indo-China war which was fought only because the majority of the Indian population voted in the favor of it, without realizing the aftermath in terms of loss of life as well as economy. This shows that the majority of the population might not be expert in all the matters because of which the leaders sometimes will have to take decisions against the opinion of the public, however in the interest of the public. In these scenarios, it is imperative that the leader seeks educated council rather than heed to popular voice.
The opposers of this argument, might say that an effective leader is the one who can represent the voice of its subject, even if that voice is sometimes wrong. However, to this disposition, I would say that the role of the leader is not only to represent the public but to lead the public on a better path: the path of peace and progress. That is what the American President Abraham Lincolns did so meticulously. His stand against slavery in America did not sit well with the majority of the citizens at that time, however, it was the President's persistence with what he believed was right that resulted in the abolishment of slavery. Even though he had to lose his life for his stand, he was successful in making the lives of future Americans significantly better. Not only in America, but he influenced many future leaders all round the globe. This shows the importance of following a set of principals and not succumbing to the population.
However, it can't be said that a leader should never listen to the voice of the public. After all, that's what distinguishes a democratic leader from a dictator. A true leader should consider what his people want, but the final decision should be his own. In many cases, the leader might learn of the biases in his thinking after interacting with his people, which will allow him to make better decisions. The rulers in ancient Indian Civilizations used to have weekly meetings with the representatives of various factions of the society who would bring their qualms and issues to the table. This would help the king in making a better and a more inclusive policy for his kingdom. Since the policy directly affects the people, their voice and opinion can not be completely ignored which makes such polls and discussions all the more important.
Above examples show that both sides of the argument have their respective pros and cons and an effective leader will operate somewhere in the middle. Being tendentious and only siding with one of the methods will prove detrimental to the progress of the society and the well-being of the population.
Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Reword the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
...re the principles that they might hold. The other side presented says that an effec...
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Message: Did you mean 'can't' or 'cannot'?
Suggestion: can't; cannot
...ing to the population. However, it cant be said that a leader should never list...
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Message: Did you mean 'cants'?
Suggestion: cants
...ing to the population. However, it cant be said that a leader should never list...
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Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: that's
... to the voice of the public. After all, thats what distinguishes a democratic leader ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, however, if, look, so, well, after all, as well as, in many cases, in my opinion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 23.0 19.5258426966 118% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 23.0 12.4196629213 185% => OK
Conjunction : 17.0 14.8657303371 114% => OK
Relative clauses : 28.0 11.3162921348 247% => Less relative clauses wanted (maybe 'which' is over used).
Pronoun: 59.0 33.0505617978 179% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 83.0 58.6224719101 142% => OK
Nominalization: 13.0 12.9106741573 101% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2964.0 2235.4752809 133% => OK
No of words: 616.0 442.535393258 139% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.81168831169 5.05705443957 95% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.98190197535 4.55969084622 109% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.61432797174 2.79657885939 93% => OK
Unique words: 285.0 215.323595506 132% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.462662337662 0.4932671777 94% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 937.8 704.065955056 133% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 16.0 6.24550561798 256% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 7.0 4.99550561798 140% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.77640449438 113% => OK
Preposition: 9.0 4.38483146067 205% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 26.0 20.2370786517 128% => OK
Sentence length: 23.0 23.0359550562 100% => OK
Sentence length SD: 47.393043706 60.3974514979 78% => OK
Chars per sentence: 114.0 118.986275619 96% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.6923076923 23.4991977007 101% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.53846153846 5.21951772744 68% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 7.80617977528 51% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 16.0 10.2758426966 156% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 5.13820224719 78% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.83258426966 124% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.204909303164 0.243740707755 84% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0592891434919 0.0831039109588 71% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0417596835527 0.0758088955206 55% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.122105011921 0.150359130593 81% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0296117168145 0.0667264976115 44% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.1 14.1392134831 93% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 56.59 48.8420337079 116% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 12.1743820225 91% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.91 12.1639044944 90% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.16 8.38706741573 97% => OK
difficult_words: 132.0 100.480337079 131% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 11.8971910112 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 11.2143820225 100% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.7820224719 93% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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