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

I believe that one of the most important duties in the world is to be able to represent a group of people and stand for what they truly believe in. There is no greater deed than standing for what you believe is right and declaring your opinions in a polite and peaceful manner without impinging upon anybody’s freedom to do the same.

Political leaders are elected for the sole purpose of representing a group of people. A person would only be elected as a leader if the majority of the people agree with his views and practices, which is why I truly believe that it is important for any current or aspiring political leader to know what they stand for. There is a fine line between yielding to public opinion and doing something that would be in the best interest of the public and certainly, a lot of political leaders can cross this line without ever realizing that they’ve done so. One of the most controversial presidents ever elected in the history of the United States of America is probably the incumbent president Mr. Donald Trump. Keeping aside polemical views, the man will always stand for what he believes in and never truly cave to please the public which is probably the only admirable quality. It is necessary that political leaders realize what they stand for while doing what’s best for the society and the nation as a whole.

A man who stands for a set of principles and objectives will always garner more respect from the masses as opposed to a man who changes his beliefs with changing times. Broadening and opening one’s thinking and showing growth and development, however, does not tantamount to changing a set of beliefs. However, who is in a position to judge what counts as growth as opposed to what counts as abandoning principles for the sake of compromise is quite a subjective case. There isn’t a lack of examples in US History of Presidents who have shown deep growth and development. Barack Obama, the first African American President of the United States showed that a political leader can stand for his own opinions and do a lot of good for the nation at the same time. Some of his policies have revolutionized the economy of America and managed to instill a deep sense of justice and humanity in the people of the nation.

In addition to the aforementioned points, any person, may he be a political leader or a man from any other walk of life, would be able to achieve his goals and objectives easily if he constantly follows his principles. A man without principles is no man at all. If you know what you’re beliefs are, you know what you can and what you cannot do. If a man believes that the end justifies the means, he will do whatever it takes to achieve his goal, whether it be considered moral or immoral. On the contrary, a man who believes that the end does not justify the means he will always strive to achieve his goals by, what may be termed as moral or ethical practices. One school of thought may believe in the former, while the other might believe in the latter. However, what’s right or wrong is for every person to determine for himself.

It is of utmost importance that the people who are at the forefront of humanity, carrying the baton to take a brighter and better future do not yield to public opinions simply for the sake of compromise. A political leader must be able to make his own decisions based on morals and principles that he stands for and doing what he deems best for his nation as that is the only way to make sound and effective decisions that will indeed usher humanity into the golden age.

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Transition Words or Phrases used:
first, however, if, may, so, still, while, in addition, you know, on the contrary

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 26.0 19.5258426966 133% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 17.0 12.4196629213 137% => OK
Conjunction : 27.0 14.8657303371 182% => OK
Relative clauses : 20.0 11.3162921348 177% => OK
Pronoun: 50.0 33.0505617978 151% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 73.0 58.6224719101 125% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 12.9106741573 39% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2974.0 2235.4752809 133% => OK
No of words: 642.0 442.535393258 145% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.63239875389 5.05705443957 92% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.03365860172 4.55969084622 110% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.58979515515 2.79657885939 93% => OK
Unique words: 268.0 215.323595506 124% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.417445482866 0.4932671777 85% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 958.5 704.065955056 136% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 6.24550561798 80% => OK
Article: 8.0 4.99550561798 160% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.77640449438 0% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 4.38483146067 46% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 23.0 20.2370786517 114% => OK
Sentence length: 27.0 23.0359550562 117% => OK
Sentence length SD: 54.6940968881 60.3974514979 91% => OK
Chars per sentence: 129.304347826 118.986275619 109% => OK
Words per sentence: 27.9130434783 23.4991977007 119% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.52173913043 5.21951772744 67% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 7.80617977528 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 17.0 10.2758426966 165% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 5.13820224719 39% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.83258426966 83% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.275751417021 0.243740707755 113% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0883706528905 0.0831039109588 106% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.059353941349 0.0758088955206 78% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.174912787934 0.150359130593 116% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0498242521004 0.0667264976115 75% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.3 14.1392134831 101% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 52.53 48.8420337079 108% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.6 12.1743820225 103% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 9.87 12.1639044944 81% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.05 8.38706741573 96% => OK
difficult_words: 125.0 100.480337079 124% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 11.8971910112 113% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.8 11.2143820225 114% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.7820224719 110% => 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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