The speaker asserts that to be an effective leader, a public official must maintain the highest ethical and moral standards. In my point of view, however, I am afraid I cannot agree with the speaker. I concede that highest ethical and moral standards are important to an effective leader, but they are not necessary. There are also many other factors for an effective leader.
  Adimittedly, owning the highest ethical and moral standards is important for an effective leader. Those standards cannot allow the leader to make illegal or harmful decisions in his or her work. And the leader with the highest ethical and moral standards must be strict with himself or herself which is beneficial for other people. For example, as one of the greatest president of America in history, it is no doubt that Lincoln is an ethical example for everyone. He could forgive everyone but not himself and was friendly to his citizens. He gave freethom to blacks and led his citizens to win the Civil War. He was a great man in both his ethic and aptitude.
  However, too much emphasis on the highest ethical and moral standards is one-sided. Sometimes, they may restrict the behavior of the leader and disable them to transcend the traditional limits. Those will lead to ineffective and dogmatic leadership. For example, although Adolf Hitler was a crazy warfare who was so cruel to Jews and launched the Second World War, historians have to concede that this crazy man lead German struggling after the First World War to a powerful nation in military and economy. People have to concede that he was an effective leader in politics, military and economy to some extent.
   Finally, there are many other essential factors for an effective leader like management ability, insight, wisedom, persistence, courage and so on. Many effective leaders are not perfect individuals in ethic and moral. For example, president Bill Clinton's reputation was damaged by his sex scanduals. But that was not obtacal in his leadership. During his times, America's economy and technology developed rapidly and steady. Even until now, he is one of famous president who is famous for his eloquence, wisedom and courage and he remains popular in America.
 To sum up, I concede that an effective leader with the highest ethical and moral standards can improve the well-being of its citizens or subordinations. But the highest ethical and moral standards are not necessary factors for an effective leader. So I tend to disagree with the speaker.