"One of the most universal cravings of our time is a hunger for compelling and creative leadership" - Mc Gregor Traditionally leaders have been defined as those who hold power, allowing presidents, prime ministers and military generals, regardless of their accomplishments to be considered leaders. ... Machiavelli defines good qualities as "faithful, humane, honest, and religious"(Machaivelli p.27). ... Those who see and hear him should think him all compassion, all faith, all integrity, all humanness all religion. ... "the deepest side of his nature is to be found in hid infinite tendernes...

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Hobbes defines the state of nature as state of humanity which can exist only with absolute equality and freedom among humans (each human has the capacity and freedom to kill another human being). ... He determines good as what the human desire, and defines evil as what the human tries his best to avoid. ... He defines virtue as qualities admired by men like, compassion, generosity, courage, and pity. ...

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That being said, I acknowledge Hobbes' ability to form a persuasive argument for an absolute sovereignty, however his depiction of the state of human nature greatly underestimates the capacity of human compassion thus his theory of absolute sovereignty has the potential to be further developed. ... Hobbes defines this phenomenon when he states, "Continual success in obtaining those things which a man from time to time desireth, that is to say, continual prospering, is that men call FELICITY" (p34). ... This is not to say that I do not believe we make mistakes, because I unders...

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Many people believe that women vote as a block, with most women voting in favor of the "compassion issues" that encompass those mentioned above. ... In comparison to white women, African-America women tend to vote in higher numbers on "compassion issues". ... The young women who are most interested in running are defined by interrelated demographics, such as middle-class or wealthy families, college students, and those who plan on graduating with more than one degree (WHP 7). ...

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