who's the greatest leader ever?

Answer 1

What kind of leader?
Military? That would have been Alexander The Great
Political? Hmm...I'd cast my vote for Darius the Great
Social? Ghandi
Artistic? I'd give my nod to Vermeer
Depends on what you're looking for.

Answer 2

Alexander Hamilton - Although not widely consider among the greatest leaders ever, his impact is far superior to that of virtually every human being who ever lived. He created the United States economy, along with arguing for Judicial Review and the assumption of the United States debt (which allowed america to become more unified).

Since America is clearly the most powerful "empire" the world has ever known, and he was its most influential creator, he takes the prize.

Answer 3

Well, if I had to answer that one religiously, I would have to say prophet Mohammad (PBUH) was the greatest leader ever (as I'm a muslim), but I'm a bit more secular so I'll go for Dwight David Eisenhower (D-Day).

Answer 4

That depends - leader of what? I think Jesus would have to be the greatest leader of men actually.

Answer 5

My pick would be Alexander the Great. He conquered more land and peoples than anyone up to that time and he did it so well that most of the peoples he bested ended up loving him. Now that's a leader.

Answer 6

If you're looking for a military leader, then it's hands down Napoleon. He cobquered much of Europe for France, but finally fell at Russia.

Answer 7

Winston Churchill.
Churchill was a statesman, orator, author, historian and Prime Minister who rallied the British people in the Second World War and took them from the edge of defeat to victory.

Churchill’s leadership during the war is legendary. He became Prime minister when the Cabinet were on the verge of seeking terms with Hitler and Germany. But Churchill would not contemplate defeat or even a honourable truce. His saying was ‘We will never give in’. Churchill is credited with conducting the war single-handedly. He made himself Minister for War as well as being Prime Minister and delegated the running of home affairs to junior ministers. Churchill sat at his desk in the Cabinet Office, dictating memos and orders and giving instructions but letting others get on with it. Churchill’s true talent was leadership, not performance. Churchill had a bed in his office suite and habitually slept in the afternoon. He had by a side, in his office, a mixture of brandy and water, which was continually refreshed. Critics say that this put him in a continuously drunken state.

Churchill was a historian. He wrote The History of The English Speaking Peoples, an account not just of English history but also of the British Empire and United States. This work was designed to demonstrate that the British people and their colonies are a unique culture distinct from European civilisations.

Churchill was an author. His book My Early Life, although outwardly an autobiography, is in fact novel with the young Churchill as one of the characters. In the book, Churchill sits the entrance examination for Harrow but on taking the Latin paper, carefully wrote the title, his name and the question number 1. After further thought, he adds brackets to the number but cannot think of anything to write and his paper is smudged by an inkblot. Churchill’s comments on the wisdom of the headmaster in accepting him despite this is an ironic comment not on the inability of his younger self but on the educational system of the time.

Churchill was known for his eloquence and his ready wit. On being accused of being a turncoat for changing parties twice, Churchill reposted ‘anyone can rat, but it takes a certain ingenuity to re-rat.’ When an official criticised other writers for ending sentences with propositions, Churchill added a note ‘This is the sort of English, up with which I will not put’. On one occasion a lady heckler shouted ‘Sir, you are drunk’. Churchill replied ‘And you, madam are ugly, but I shall be sober, tomorrow!’

Answer 8

Jesus Christ hands down.
far away seconds include Henery Ford and Karl Marx

Answer 9

Jesus Christ. Just look at the impact he had and still has on the world today.

Answer 10

nelson mandela