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The Caracter Of A President by kunlekunle: 7:28am On Apr 02, 2011
There are some virtues and  Characteristics that a leader must have before we can ascribe him  the position of a president. These are democratically tested facts of 2600 years old.
In an ideal democratic state , there are  Four Cardinal Virtues that a president must have; wisdom, courage, temperance, and justice.
Wisdom in the state must be said to reside in the class of  a prsident, for, by definition, they rule by counseling the other classes and themselves. They are the best of the Guardians, having all their lives been nurtured and educated to assume their place as rulers, and they are the most experienced and oldest of the citizens. It is they who judge their fellow citizens and themselves. The wisdom of the state is found in their counsels.
The second virtue, courage, may best be found in that class which has specifically been inculcated with courage during the entire career of the members of that class:  . The courage of the state is reflected in their very being.
The third virtue,  Temperance is found in the ordering or controlling (tempering) of certain pleasures or desires in the individual; the temperate man is said to be master of himself. If we extend this to the state, in order for it to regulate itself, we see that the state has to run harmoniously with  every class in the state, harmony among the classes. The class of president, wherein the virtue of wisdom in counsel is to be found, agrees to rule in the service of the other classes and of itself; the ruled classes agree to serve and to be ruled wisely. Thus the virtue of temperance in the state is attained.

Fourthly, the responsibility of each member of each class is that he attend strictly to the business of that class, that each member fulfill the job assigned him. Since  each citizen is rewarded within the confines of his class by the very virtue of his patriotically performing his class duty, it follows that no other citizen may by force deprive him of the rewards guaranteed him by his class. When we protect a member of a given class by upholding his "rights" as a matter of course, or we protect him by securing his "rights" (JUSTICE) in the event that someone attempts, by whatever means, to deprive him of his "rights," then we have effected justice and may recognize it as justice in the state.

The true way to achieve that general truth lies in the explanation above established for the president (education and nurture). This training will ensure a wholeness of vision, that is, the creation of the just citizen in the just state. We ought not to be required to go at the thing piecemeal, floundering in our creation of specific laws and courting a kind of self-defeat. Our president must be trusted to behave in a reasonable fashion. We require only a minimum of laws.

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