Best Leader in the world ever (live, buses, celebrities)

[snitins]

Whom do u think has been the best leader in the world ever? Include him/her irrespective of his time, country. He can be a politician, your team's coach or some other known personality. My vote goes for Martin Luther King Jr.

[serafin]

I've actually thought quite often about this and have come to the conclusion that there is no such person (especially when the question includes the words "the world"), because we then measure and compare that individual(s) with others persons that come from a part the world and culture that we are most familiar with. But if we can ask, who was the best leader that most dramatically changed the staus quo of a world that needed changing, that person, without a doubt would be Mahatme Gandhi. The way he combined political savy with spiritual belief of active non-violence and non-copperation to free India from the British Raj... a feat unparrelles in history. The last part of his life (especially the last several years) reads like something out of myth and religious scripture.

After Gandhi's death, Albert Einstein said of Gandhi: "Generations to come will scarcely believe that such a one as this walked the earth in flesh and blood." He also once said," I believe that Gandhi's views were the most enlightened of all the political men in our time. We should strive to do things in his spirit: not to use violence in fighting for our cause, but by non-participation in anything you believe is evil."

[Virginia1]

I totally agree with you serafin. To do what he did and the way he did it in the modern era of our time was astonishing. There is not one leader in the world today of any country, religon, or political arm that can do what he did. It seems that the leaders of the world today only know how to manipulate the masses either through violence, rhetoric, or fear of others. I am speaking of ALL leaders.

[lionking]

George Washington and Winston Churchill,both hero's of mine.If you want me to elaborate why I will...

[crashcop]

Originally Posted by lionking

George Washington and Winston Churchill,both hero's of mine.If you want me to elaborate why I will...

Mine too. And I would add Boris Yeltsin (spelling?) from Russia.

[Mooseketeer]

Gandhi and Gorbachev,Aung San Suu Kyi, in recent memory. Non political leaders but leaders of Men , William Wilberforce and friends, Abbe Pierre , Tony Benn, the White Rose movement in nazi Germany,Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, anybody who puts their lives and livelihoods on the line for others rather than their own selfish motives. People who have fought and still do against slavery, human rights abuses,injustice etc... These are the people we should look up to , not intellectually and morally challenged celebrities and corrupt politicians trying to line their own pockets.

[Evlevo]

Peter the Great.

[burdell]

Hadrian...

[burdell]

Since it wasn't limited to good, I suppose that purely based on ability to get people to follow and do one's bidding that Hitler must be included on the list. I don't know if it's the clarity of hindsight or my lack of German language knowledge but everytime I see newsreel footage he seems so obviously a madman yet people followed him.

[lionking]

Originally Posted by burdell

Since it wasn't limited to good, I suppose that purely based on ability to get people to follow and do one's bidding that Hitler must be included on the list. I don't know if it's the clarity of hindsight or my lack of German language knowledge but everytime I see newsreel footage he seems so obviously a madman yet people followed him.

He might have been able to rally people behind him but ultimately he was a bad leader in the fact that he destroyed the country.A bad leader believes he or she is above the people.

To me a best leader is someone who puts their a** on the line and people follow by example.A great leader is someone who has ambition,yet puts the good of the people above personal ambition.A great leader is someone who will listen to others yet ultimately takes charge.A great leader is someone who knows their weaknesses and learns from others and has stregnth to take charge and makes people believe in themselves,not in them.