Throughout history, there has been an enormous amount of leadership figures—both good and bad. One of the most famous is Martin Luther King Jr.--the leader of the African-American civil rights movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent disobedience. Although there have been a significant amount of honest leaders who care for the well being of his/her people, there never ceases to be an evil commander who is self-absorbent, selfish, and corrupt. One prime example is Vlad Dracula. He was the prince of Wallachie during the later 1450’s and the early 1460’s. During his rule as prince, Dracula enjoyed killing his town folks, both adults and children alike; his favorite method of torture was by impalement. By the end of his reign of terror, he’d managed to kill twenty percent of Wallachie’s
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In Machiavelli’s text “ The Qualities of the Prince”, he illustrates an example of a leadership figure who began his life as a generous man, but soon reframed because it led him nowhere during a time of need “ Pope Julius II, although he made use of his reputation for generosity in order to gain the papacy, then decided not to maintain it in order to be able to wage war”(Machiavelli 329). Although Machiavelli’s ideal leadership figure must be miser, the singular action one must never do is spending their people’s money for his or her own personal use; this action will cause people to hate you, and being hated is the absolute thing a leader should always avoid! A deceitful man by the name of Jim Jones appeared to have the qualities of a prince, but with further inspection, the only qualities he possessed were of a devil. In the beginning, Jones was disguised as a giving man, never asking for more than his members could offer him “I never want you to give money. Your willingness to donate your home and yourself when
In Machiavelli’s text “ The Qualities of the Prince”, he illustrates an example of a leadership figure who began his life as a generous man, but soon reframed because it led him nowhere during a time of need “ Pope Julius II, although he made use of his reputation for generosity in order to gain the papacy, then decided not to maintain it in order to be able to wage war”(Machiavelli 329). Although Machiavelli’s ideal leadership figure must be miser, the singular action one must never do is spending their people’s money for his or her own personal use; this action will cause people to hate you, and being hated is the absolute thing a leader should always avoid! A deceitful man by the name of Jim Jones appeared to have the qualities of a prince, but with further inspection, the only qualities he possessed were of a devil. In the beginning, Jones was disguised as a giving man, never asking for more than his members could offer him “I never want you to give money. Your willingness to donate your home and yourself when