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What type of qualities are people looking for in a president is kindness,honesty,willingness to do something unpopular to benefit the country.Kindness because it would show's he/she has a heart for small act of kindness like. Honesty for the president not to sugar coat things that are going to make a huge impact on people's lives. Willingness to do something unpopular to benefit the country cause that make them way different from the other ones. Kindness should be a quality cause it would show he still the same person he/she was before they gain all that power. Like when obama and his wife played a part in the movie pitch perfect 2,also when he played basketball with a few guys he never know.That shows he took time out of his

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