Some people believe that in order to be effective, political leaders must yield to public opinion and abandon principles 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 most important characteristic of an effective leader is having a consistent thought process. Is it possible for the nation to progress with a leader who is easily influenced by trending public opinion? The answer to this question would be a definite "No". Admittedly, a leader should be open to listen to public opinion in certain situations. However, it is essential for a leader to be firmly committed to the basic principles and values that are required for the nation's development.
Consistent thinking, the ability to make rational decisions, and confidence in one's own decisions are vital to lead a nation, an organization, or any group for that matter. Mahatma Gandhi is a great example of this. In his civil disobedience war against British rule, he was firmly committed to the idea of non-violence. Many people across India, including some of his followers, had doubts about following non-violence at times of some tragic incidents. Nonetheless, Mahatma Gandhi believed in his decisions and was able to free India from 2 decades-long British rule.
Another example where a leader should not be influenced by public opinion is a war against an enemy country. For instance, a number of people would be in favor of war against an enemy country as a response to terrorism. Is it a wise choice for a leader to go to war at such times? War is not an option here, especially when it is obvious that it will lead to devastating effects on the economy of the country. Any prudent leader would go for diplomatic solutions in such scenarios.
However, there are situations where a leader should be flexible enough to make a compromise in following his principles. Consider a leader who is dedicated to stop drug trafficking in the country. One such example is Rodrigo Duterte's drug war in the Philippines. More than 6201 people have been killed by police in anti-drug operations between 2016 and 2021, many of these were street-level dealers forced to do such work because of the lack of opportunities. The primary reason for this is full permission by the government to kill anybody suspected to be involved in drug trafficking. A leader needs to listen to public opinion in such cases. Another example can be same-sex marriages. Though a leader may have traditional beliefs, he should be flexible enough to accept the facts of modern times.
In the view above, a leader needs to take dedicated decisions toward his goals according to his beliefs and principles. At the same time, it is also important to consider the issues where public opinion plays a very important role. A flexible approach will be the best choice for a leader to achieve his goals of the development of the nation, and society as a whole.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 480, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[2]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'nations'' or 'nation's'?
Suggestion: nations'; nation's
...es and values that are required for the nations development. Consistent thinking, t...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, however, may, nonetheless, so, for instance
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 30.0 19.5258426966 154% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 12.4196629213 89% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 14.8657303371 47% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 9.0 11.3162921348 80% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 22.0 33.0505617978 67% => OK
Preposition: 71.0 58.6224719101 121% => OK
Nominalization: 10.0 12.9106741573 77% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2275.0 2235.4752809 102% => OK
No of words: 461.0 442.535393258 104% => OK
Chars per words: 4.93492407809 5.05705443957 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.63367139033 4.55969084622 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.92546971526 2.79657885939 105% => OK
Unique words: 225.0 215.323595506 104% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.488069414317 0.4932671777 99% => OK
syllable_count: 730.8 704.065955056 104% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 6.24550561798 64% => OK
Article: 10.0 4.99550561798 200% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 1.0 3.10617977528 32% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 1.77640449438 169% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.38483146067 68% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 26.0 20.2370786517 128% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 23.0359550562 74% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 36.9459864824 60.3974514979 61% => OK
Chars per sentence: 87.5 118.986275619 74% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.7307692308 23.4991977007 75% => OK
Discourse Markers: 1.88461538462 5.21951772744 36% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 15.0 10.2758426966 146% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 5.13820224719 175% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.83258426966 41% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.305822273739 0.243740707755 125% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0836747956924 0.0831039109588 101% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0606242728917 0.0758088955206 80% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.168464387785 0.150359130593 112% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0821690331312 0.0667264976115 123% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.7 14.1392134831 76% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 54.22 48.8420337079 111% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 12.1743820225 81% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.02 12.1639044944 91% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.38 8.38706741573 100% => OK
difficult_words: 114.0 100.480337079 113% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 11.8971910112 67% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 11.2143820225 78% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.7820224719 93% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.