Originally posted by Northwestcoug
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My personal feeling is that most great leaders, or Great Men, as the Brits used to say, tend to have great flaws. I think that is part of our nature, part of our package. The same things that keep most people from reaching for or attaining Greatness are also the things that constrain them from succumbing to their darkest urges. This is a generalization, and as such is not true in many instances, but in a broad sweeping way I think this idea explains a lot of what we see in history. I think Brigham Young, to use this thread's example, was a fascinating but flawed man who was also a talented empire builder without whom the nascent stem of God's restored Kingdom would have been trampled underfoot just as it was taking hold. He was needed at that time and that place to do the things that needed to be done. Very few people from any time or place could have done what he did. I don't think it is coincidence that he was there at that time and place. Just so, I think this is why we see different kinds of men ascending to the president's seat now, at this time and place.
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