Positive attitude is the reason that a country like
United States exist. There were times during the revolutionary war when it
looked like George Washington was going to lose the war to the British. yet, he
persisted and kept a positive attitude. "We should never despair our
situation before has been unpromising and has changed for the better so I trust
it will again. If new difficulties arise we must only put forth new exertions
and proportion our efforts to the exigency of the times."
Negative attitude can be so destructive it can destroy
one's life and sometimes bring down a country or government.
Richard Nixon was paranoid, he believed that people were always out to harm
him. This attitude hurt what otherwise may have been considered a great
presidency. In 1962 Nixon ran for the California governorship and lost. He made
this promise, "You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore..."
When Richard Nixon ran for re election for the
presidency in 1972, he won by 20 million votes and 520 to 17 in the electoral
college. He won almost every state. Why did Mr Nixon request
the Democratic party break in when he had no chance of losing the presidency.
He had such low self esteem and such negative attitude that he could not
be assured of victory, even when it was so evident. As a result his government
fell and he was the only American President to resign in shame.
Another Republican President Ronald Reagan was called
by many, the Positive Thinking Evangelist. Many in
the Republican Party quote and speak of Ronald Reagan as the ideal for their
parties ideas. To be finally understood, Reagan must be seen as a product of
the positive-thinking movement. Indeed, it was Reagan’s song of the positive—as
articulated in thousands of speeches as a conservative activist, California
governor, and U.S. president—that, more than any other factor, made the
principle of brighter tomorrows and limitless possibilities into the idealized
creed of America.
Reagan spoke of American greatness and when he did,
people believed him.
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