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this is a speech I made for my academic decathlon class

Consider if you will, people such as Alexander the great or Julius Caesar and consider

why they are great, why they stick out more than other leaders, and why after over

2,000 years history hasn’t forgotten them; we still know who they were and what

they did. I believe that there is a quality that they had in common, the quality that made

them great was a vision for their world to be united and for people of all classes and

cultures to be equal. This desire led them to war with any one who opposed. In the case

of Alexander the Great, he wanted a world where it didn’t matter if you were Greek or

Persian, he wanted every one to be united, embracing other cultures instead of fighting

them. Julius Caesar was born a lower class person, but through his

skills and hard work rose to be leader of the Roman world. What made him great was his

reforms making the rich and the poor more equal than at any time before.

2008- a presidential election year. Of all the many candidates

republican and democrat, I have to ask myself, who best shows qualities like

those great leaders of the past; who has the most potential to be a

great leader themselves? History has shown us that those leaders who were best able to

unite the peoples they led, and who were most successful at establishing equality among

their citizens, were viewed as the most effective leaders in history.

Looking at the candidates I see the democratic

leader’s are split between those who have experience and those who offer change

and reform. The republican leaders are split between sending more troops over seas

to fight terrorism and those advocating bringing them home. I believe that an ideal

candidate should bring change and reform while still having enough experience to know

what their doing. An ideal candidate should instill confidence in the voters and inspire

allegiance and devotion to his cause.When I look to the political candidates of today I

want to see a leader. I want to support a candidate with vision, a candidate that wants to

unite America, not divide us and point out factions or sub groups. I want a leader who

strives to create equality for all of this countries classes and cultures. I want a leader bold

enough to map out a course for this nation and be charismatic enough to cause the nation

to follow his leadership. It is not that I expect that among our current state of

presidential hopeful’s there lurks a Julius Caesar or an Alexander but an Ideal candidate

would be the one who best combined the attributes of a vision for a strongand united

America and a country which truly reflected the original ideal put forth in our

constitution, a land where all men are created equal.

thanks, I just hope I can perform it well infront of the judges

i got 700 out of a 1000 for it