A political figure who was a good politician/statesman and had a good behaviour?

[JVM1939]

I was reading about Sun Yat-Sen, and all his political achievements. The guy was smart, because not many people can end a 2000-year-old government system. But reading through his personal life, well he wasn't the best of husbands, when he was 35 he proposed a 13 year-old girl. I know, a whole different age and social context, but still, he endlessly cheated on his wife.

What's a high-profile political/revolutionary figure you can think of who was a good politician/leader/stateman and also had good personal behaviour?

[Sun_Kim-Ai]

Sun Yat-Sen it's the father of the post-Imperial China, and it's an excellent choice for a role model. On the personal life, I think he had great flaws though.
I'd say that in my opinion, a leader who kept consistent with his duties and personal morals was Chiang Kai-Shek.

[JVM1939]

Well, CKS wasn't exactly the most benevolent of rulers, he was indeed a dictator

[Sun_Kim-Ai]

He was a product of his time, in my opinion.
Some of his economic policies were even adopted by his mainland counterpart, Deng Xiaoping, and proved successful.
That said, I don't consider dictatorships as inherently negative - sometimes democracy just doesn't cut it.

[exitseven]

That is a hard question. Even Abraham Lincoln had issues and George Washington was a slave owner. Ronald Reagan had a fairly scandal free administration so I will go with that.

[exitseven]

Thanks for the MHO😎

[jamesgoldman]

None worth remembering