Wendell Willkie was an American politician. He always he maintains integrity in his life. He was originally a Democrat (Columbian College of Arts & Sciences, n.d.). When he was against the New Deal and the government’s lack of military preparedness by Franklin D. Roosevelt, he joined the Republicans and ran for a nominee of President in 1940 even though he was not known publicly he nominated. His passion moved the public and finally he became the Republican nominee. However, Franklin D. Roosevelt turned his policy during the campaign, Wendell Willkie made an avowal of Roosevelt’s policy and Roosevelt was elected to be the president for his third term. Afterwards, during World War Ⅱ, Wendell Willkie corporated with Roosevelt and traveled around the world in the interest of global unity and peace (Watson, 1951). Through the travel to more than a dozen countries, “he got was not of distance from these people, but of nearness to them”(cited in Northouse, 1951). He wrote a book whose title was One World about his findings. His message through his book was ”Our thinking must be world-wide…. There can be no peace for any part of the world unless the foundations of peace are made secure throughout all parts of the world” (Watson, 1951).
When we see things, especially because we live in the busy life day-by-day, we tend to put priority only on our own interest and benefit and forget to see the whole picture as a person living in the world. His story reminds me of the importance of living with a big picture and make an action towards it. When we say world-wide, suddenly the issues become too big to empathize or think as our own interest. As a leader we should have a kind of idea we are one of the residents living together in this world sharing the Earth. With his attitude towards his country, the interest of global peace the first priority, he was a real ethical leader.
References
Columbian College of Arts & Sciences. (n.d.). Teaching Eleanor Roosevelt glossary. Retrieved from https://www2.gwu.edu/~erpapers/teachinger/glossary/willkie-wendell.cfm
Watson, L. E. (1951). Light from many lamps. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, Inc.