This is a spinoff from the Generals thread I started. Same concept though and same rules. If all the world's leaders from the beginning of time to now were available to lead or aid in the leadership of your nation, who would you choose?
My first selection is Catherine the Great of Russia.
http://members.tripod.com/~Nevermore/CGREAT.HTM
The surest way to lose the respect of one's peers is to take a stand on principle...alone.
Elizabeth I
"To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
-Sun Tzu, the Art of War
There can be only one... Henry V
Give me a lever of infinite length and an immovable place to stand, and I will move the Earth
you mean catherine the great as in who died getting action from a horse...?
LOL
id go Hitler
Llew Cadeyrn/Alrowan - Chieftain of Clan Raven
Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Hey, it can only be an improvement
I'll have Edward the First.
Co-Lord of BKS and Beirut's Kingdom of Peace and Love.
"Handsome features, rugged exteriors, intellectual chick magnets, we're pretty much twins."-Beirut
"Rhy, where's your helicopter now? Where's your ******* helicopter now?"-Mephistopheles.
Mahatma Ghandi
Do I need to explain?
The surest way to lose the respect of one's peers is to take a stand on principle...alone.
Churchill
"From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remembered-
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother" Henry V
-Alexander the great
-Hannibal
-Tony Blair
Expect The Unexpected.
Go tell the Spartans, Stranger walking by, That here, Obedient to their laws, we lie. - King Xerxes
One at a time folks...
Hammurabi
The surest way to lose the respect of one's peers is to take a stand on principle...alone.
Stalin.
Co-Lord of BKS and Beirut's Kingdom of Peace and Love.
"Handsome features, rugged exteriors, intellectual chick magnets, we're pretty much twins."-Beirut
"Rhy, where's your helicopter now? Where's your ******* helicopter now?"-Mephistopheles.
Bill Clinton (I'm serious)
The surest way to lose the respect of one's peers is to take a stand on principle...alone.
Donald Diplomacy Rumsfeld for when I don't feel friendly.
The scary thing about leaving the Org for a while and then coming back is the exponential growth of "gah!" on your return...
Hey Demon of Light, didn't you have an Inquisitor picture next to your posts before? How did you change that? (or is it a mild ranking system based on how many posts you have)
As for my leader, well it has to be henry the 5th or the Edward the Black Prince
"Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it."
peter alexevich (the great)
The web of domination has become the web of Reason itself, and this society is fatally entangled in it
As an assistant, I think I would want to consider Sir Thomas More.
While not particularly known for any military abilities, he had a quality of integrity that could be valuable in an assistant that understood his character.
He didn't play games, but recognized full well that all about him were, and that this was the nature of politics. He was intellectually honest, and refused on pain of death to even pretend to change his opinion for the sake of political correctness.
A leader that shoots the bearer of bad news wouldn't get anything out of having a man like More around, but someone who also doesn't play political games would do very well with such an assistant.
Of course, that still leaves the problem of finding such a leader, but perhaps one of you will choose Diogenes* and we can team up.
* Diogenes:
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Part...28/honest.htm,
Ronald Mcdonald
"To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
-Sun Tzu, the Art of War
its gotta be Richard Nixon. Best president EVER
Formally Samurai-ninja_fusion_of_doom
'I am not a crook'Originally Posted by [b
Co-Lord of BKS and Beirut's Kingdom of Peace and Love.
"Handsome features, rugged exteriors, intellectual chick magnets, we're pretty much twins."-Beirut
"Rhy, where's your helicopter now? Where's your ******* helicopter now?"-Mephistopheles.
Gregory Potemkin
Worked under Catherine the Great (and I do mean under). Very able assistant..
The surest way to lose the respect of one's peers is to take a stand on principle...alone.
Man, the Russkis representin'. Nice.
Catherine the Great's a bit out there, but fair 'nuff...
I'll go with Peter the Great.
i got a new favourite leader, Ivan the terrible. He was so good to his people, i feel inspired
Formally Samurai-ninja_fusion_of_doom
Blackball: Pyrricvictory got Peter already.
I'll grab Frederick the Great of Prussia.
The surest way to lose the respect of one's peers is to take a stand on principle...alone.
Cyrus the Great
honorable mention to my namesake.
"Beer - Abraham Lincoln didn't kill the Germans so you could drink grapefruit juice on America's birthday."
-Seanbaby.
Lorenzo the Magnificent
The surest way to lose the respect of one's peers is to take a stand on principle...alone.
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
I know he's a murderous dictator, but he's also a great Roman republican.
FDR
All you can do is pray for a quick death... which you ain't gonna get -Mr. Blonde
V. I. Lenin
Common Unreflected Drinking Only Smartens
Abraham Lincon
All you can do is pray for a quick death... which you ain't gonna get -Mr. Blonde
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