依靠自己的判断还是遵从大众.docx

86 Some people believe that government officials must carry out the will of the people they serve. Others believe that officials should base their decisions on their own judgment. Time: 50min 50 / 86 / 115：政府官员应该依靠自己的判断 做决定，而不是不假思索地遵从大众的意愿（b） (诚然不假思索、唯民是从天真无己见，有时政治家敏锐独特眼光：Churchill；他却仍不满足落选，但违背民意灾祸：Stalin，盲目独裁:Hitler；人民意愿与自己判断不冲突：Roosevelt；应该既考虑大众又有自己判断要识时务看情况) Should government officials carry out the will of the people they serve, or base their decisions on their own judgment? Well, this issue is never an either-or situation, and qualified politicians should have the ability to stick to their own judgment as well as to take into account the voice of their people. History tells us that on balance, the will of the people sometimes ought to put more emphasis on. I concede that any leader who is quickly influenced by people’s voice lacks basic expertise in politics and may appear to be a bit na?ve. Being a qualified helmsman of either a company or a nation would require years of hard training and decades of experience. In fact to enter the realm of politics one must not only hold high expertise in law, economics and many other subjects, but also have a strong will, determination, and his or her own belief. Any leader who only looks to what the people want and require would inevitably find himself bogged down in an ocean of divergent opinions, and only by weighing all possible decisions based on the leader’s own faculty could solve those problems. What’s more, in many situations officials must have their own vision and perception, and base their decisions on their own judgment to provide proper guidance and suggestions for the people. Simply put in this way, ordinary people sometimes just don’t see truth behind its political appearance, and only politicians can perceive the hidden subtlety. An apt example involves the story of Winston Churchill, one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century. After the First World War, everyone was in an illusion that peace woul