I vote for Vito. While he was treacherous as a Don, he was also a Don who knew how to treat people respectfully, even his enemies. Michael was definately a great Don too, but he had an arrogance about him and at times could be very cruel to his own people/family. Don Vito would never show any sort of arrogance when speaking and definatley would never be cruel to his own people/family. Look at the way Vito handled Tom when Mike coldly told him. "you're out!" Don Vito had a soft way of getting what he wanted while Mike lacked that softness. Michael became toooo cold, where Vito had much more reason to be a cold person because of his childhood, seeing his Mother, Father and Brother wiped out, etc. Yet he remained a Strong, Cunning, Demanding leader but at the same time a compassionate man especially with his own blood family. Vito would NEVER have had his own Brother killed the way Mike did.

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