Lastly, it can be seen that the personality of a politician is not equivalent to their public persona, as demonstrated with King who was known to be selfish publicly but secretly donated millions of dollars to Canadians. While King was known for his dull and ambiguous speeches, “[after] King’s death, it was discovered that this apparently colourless man had, as he wrote in his diary, ‘a very double life’” (115) and his personality and beliefs were much different than how they were perceived to be by the Canadian public when he was living. As the character of a politician such as Mackenzie King cannot be judged accurately, it is best not to judge a politician on their public persona and instead, they should be judged based on their actions. In summary, politicians should be judged based on their accomplishments and actions as opposed to their personalities as their actions have a much greater effect on citizens, their decisions made that do not correlate with their public persona are often of great historical significance, and as the character of a politician is often not assessed
Lastly, it can be seen that the personality of a politician is not equivalent to their public persona, as demonstrated with King who was known to be selfish publicly but secretly donated millions of dollars to Canadians. While King was known for his dull and ambiguous speeches, “[after] King’s death, it was discovered that this apparently colourless man had, as he wrote in his diary, ‘a very double life’” (115) and his personality and beliefs were much different than how they were perceived to be by the Canadian public when he was living. As the character of a politician such as Mackenzie King cannot be judged accurately, it is best not to judge a politician on their public persona and instead, they should be judged based on their actions. In summary, politicians should be judged based on their accomplishments and actions as opposed to their personalities as their actions have a much greater effect on citizens, their decisions made that do not correlate with their public persona are often of great historical significance, and as the character of a politician is often not assessed