Lyndon Johnson: What Makes A Great Leader?

What makes a great leader? There are countless examples of people who have lead their country, people, or religion with stunning capability. These people, although very different, all have one thing that they share, a quality personality which allows them to make the decisions that are needed to lead. With this essay, we will go in-depth into the qualities courage, mercy, and patriotism, and the men who had them. One such characteristic is courage. Harry Truman is one that might immediately pop into the mind of the reader. Truman faced the biggest decision in the fate of WWII, but mostly Japan. He had the immense courage required to end the war with the most destructive power in the world at that time, the atomic bomb. Another leader with courage is Lyndon Johnson. Johnson had the courage to push for the civil rights of all Americans. This gave much negative feedback, but he still worked nevertheless. Even leaders who are looked on as evil still have courage, such as Adolf Hitler. He had the
Harry Truman was very patriotic to the United States. Truman never gave up on the war, letting Nazism, Communism, and Socialism spread. The policy he used during this time is now known as containment, and is still used to this day. Lyndon Johnson was patriotic to the United States as well. He had an idea to revitalize the country, known as “The Great Society.” He pushed for the idea of a more perfect country through this, and made the country better through this. Adolf Hitler had as much patriotism as any leader, maybe even more. The start to his rise to power was started because he wanted to regain Germany’s pride, lost at the end of WWI. Even during the Holocaust, he never lost sight on rebuilding Germany to its former glory. This is the most important characteristic any leader needs to become great, as this is what we use to determine if that person will lead us in our own way, whether it be the American or German