1) 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 are the main characteristics of a great leader? Should the leader be malleable according to the situation of the nation or should he be firm on the ideals and principles? A school of thought argues that a leader should conform to the demands of people and be willing to compromise in order to be effective. While others opine that the most important characteristic of a leader is his steadfastness in his principles when faced with pressure from the general public. I believe that the leader should only heed to public opinion if the said opinion does not go against the principles.
Democracy is the government of the people, by the people and for the people. People vote for their leaders, in the hopes that these leaders, when elected to the office, will make legislation that would help ameliorate their lives. Keeping this in mind, politicians must listen to the voices of the people. This is the key with which they can ensure a peaceful and flourishing nation where the demands of its people are being catered to. If the people feel as if their voices are going unheard, they may grow restive, stage protests and in some extreme cases, take up arms against the government. An example of this would be the Naxalites in India, where the tribesmen felt that the leaders were ignoring them and therefore, to make the leaders listen to their needs, force must be used.
The abovementioned view should only hold if the asks of these people are justified. A leader will be perceived as weak if he or she gives in to unjustified demands of public – weak leaders can rarely be effective. Often times, people may make demands that go against human ideals and objectives. For instance, in Pakistan, Khadim Rizvi amassed thousands of people – mostly uneducated – and staged a protest in the capital, asking that the prime minister Imran Khan step down from his office. His reason was that the premier made an unjust decision by letting Asia, who was accused of blasphemy, go free. The protestors indicted her demanded that she be dealt with according to the law, even though the Supreme Court had exonerated her. In such a situation, if the premier yielded to the demands of Rizvi and his followers, he would commit a great injustice to Asia and the greater humanity in general. Moreover, this would set precedent for more people in the future to make such unjustified demands from the governments.
Great leaders bring about changes in the law that would improve the lives of their countrymen. Often, these changes are inspired by existing injustice and inequality in the system. These leaders will listen to the complaints of the people, deliberate and decide on what course of action to take. For example, Martin Luther King Jr. and John F. Kennedy saw the racial injustice committed against the African-American people and supported the Civil Rights movement – a movement which shaped the cultural fabric of the USA into the way it is now. These leaders listened to the cries of the African Americans. However, at the same time, some Southerners, mainly Americans of Caucasian descent, were openly opposed to the idea of racial equality. These people made the opposite demands of the government. Now, whose voice should the government have listened to? The African Americans who were being discriminated against, or the Caucasian Americans who carried out this discrimination? Only a leader who sticks to human ideals would be able to make the best decision.
In conclusion, an effective and excellent leader should listen to the views of the people in all matters, but exercise sound judgement when deciding whether it is justified to agree to their asks or not.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 313, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[1]
Message: “While” at the beginning of a sentence requires a 2nd clause. Maybe a comma, question or exclamation mark is missing, or the sentence is incomplete and should be joined with the following sentence.
...to compromise in order to be effective. While others opine that the most important ch...
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Line 1, column 456, Rule ID: GENERAL_XX[1]
Message: Use simply 'public'.
Suggestion: public
...iples when faced with pressure from the general public. I believe that the leader should only ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, however, if, may, moreover, so, therefore, while, for example, for instance, in conclusion, in general
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 27.0 19.5258426966 138% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 22.0 12.4196629213 177% => OK
Conjunction : 20.0 14.8657303371 135% => OK
Relative clauses : 23.0 11.3162921348 203% => Less relative clauses wanted (maybe 'which' is over used).
Pronoun: 47.0 33.0505617978 142% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 87.0 58.6224719101 148% => OK
Nominalization: 12.0 12.9106741573 93% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3062.0 2235.4752809 137% => OK
No of words: 624.0 442.535393258 141% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.90705128205 5.05705443957 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.99799879888 4.55969084622 110% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.65774518482 2.79657885939 95% => OK
Unique words: 300.0 215.323595506 139% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.480769230769 0.4932671777 97% => OK
syllable_count: 954.0 704.065955056 135% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 10.0 6.24550561798 160% => OK
Article: 7.0 4.99550561798 140% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 1.77640449438 169% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 4.38483146067 160% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 31.0 20.2370786517 153% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 23.0359550562 87% => OK
Sentence length SD: 45.1498142101 60.3974514979 75% => OK
Chars per sentence: 98.7741935484 118.986275619 83% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.1290322581 23.4991977007 86% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.45161290323 5.21951772744 66% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 12.0 10.2758426966 117% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 10.0 5.13820224719 195% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 9.0 4.83258426966 186% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.265619778217 0.243740707755 109% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0662467721798 0.0831039109588 80% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0553365941077 0.0758088955206 73% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.155261787271 0.150359130593 103% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0741393270008 0.0667264976115 111% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.8 14.1392134831 83% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 59.64 48.8420337079 122% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 12.1743820225 81% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.2 12.1639044944 92% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.55 8.38706741573 102% => OK
difficult_words: 155.0 100.480337079 154% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 11.8971910112 88% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 11.2143820225 89% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.7820224719 85% => 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.