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In Cicero Book 2 the main idea was leaders. Cicero had written about what an ideal leader should be. He wrote that it should be someone who is good with others, honorable and shrewd would be societies ideal leader. Then he goes on to say that this will never be achieved because society will always find a way to put this person down, usually by making them selfish. For example, Bill Gates, one of the richest men in the world. He and his wife have started the “The Bill Gates Foundation.” This foundation is a charity for getting rid of poverty, education and healthcare. He is putting so much time and effort along with his and other peoples money into this project and still being criticized, people say thing such as, he is raciest because when he gives scholarships the application asks for ethnicity and that he supports people being poor because he helps them. All of these criticisms are exactly what Cicero is talking about. This is how Cicero’s Book 2 relates to modern day society.



Cartoons Promoting the death of Bill Gates
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In History
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Abraham Lincoln is known as the President of the United States during the Civil War. Lincoln was a man that stood up for every person in the United States and played a major role in the abolishing of slavery. He was an honorable and just man you wanted the best for his country and his people. He was a shrewd person who was smart and made decisions that were effective and benefited the entire country. Abraham Lincoln was assassinated while in a theatre in Washington DC. He was killed by a man named John Wilkes Booth who wanted to free confederate soldiers from prison. He had killed one of the best leaders America had ever seen. This relates back to Cicero's Book Two because he says that people can't handle a good leader and they turn him into someone who is selfish and greedy. Booth had seen this man as a man who wanted to tear apart the country by abolishing slavery, but really, Lincoln was thinking of the slaves and not necessarily the owners. Abrham Lincoln was killed because Society could not handle the true and great leader he was.



The Assignation of Abraham Lincoln

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