10 Leading to Misery

A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be [there].
—Rosalynn Carter

Who decides ought? who proclaims should? who mandates shall?

During the 1914-1917 era, U S residents did not want to go to war, but a LION idol, as President, got folks to go to war, anyway. 

During the 1939-1941 era, U S residents did not want to go to war, but a President, lionised by many as a wonderful fellow, got folks to go to war, anyway.

Those presidents decided that war was better for their friends than trade, regardless of the prices other folks paid: diminished liberty, money stolen from them (aka taxation), heartbreak due to combat deaths of loved ones, and more.

Folks did not want war. The leaders led them to war, anyway. 

Leadership is over-rated. Far better to counsel, to consult, to collaborate, to coordinate, than to compel, to coerce, to command, to charge.