Whom do you most admire amongst the Founding Fathers of the United States of America, and why?
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Madison for much of the same reasons.  For the actual formation of the Constitution
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Two come to mind quickly.\n\nClara Barton- she did heroic work with her life, the heart of a lion that woman and she established the Red Cross.\n\nMartin Luther King Jr.- always admired him. I think he stands for every American's American Dream....one of a better life.\n\nThe idea is new so I  would go with a quarter on both.
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My opinion: Abe Lincoln. He helped to keep a divided nation together under some of the most adverse conditions and situations that any president has ever had to contend with- and not only on a national level but on a personal level as well. All that while having to sleep in an awkward angular position in a too-small bed, with a crazy woman by his side and Monica Lewinsky nowhere in sight! A true American hero if you ask me. :)
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He helped draft the Declaration of Independence. He was considered officially one of the Founding Fathers because he did not sign the Declaration of Independence, because he was opposed to slavery and thought they should have addressed that in the Declaration.
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someone you admire most
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Lincoln put it best when he said, "Government of the people, by the people and for the people shall not perish from this earth." Also the magnificent words of Thomas Jefferson. "All men are created equal. They are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights. That amongst these are Life., Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.  "  Hard to improve on the words of these two statesmen when speaking of America's values.
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John Adams, Thomas Jefferson
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I'd have to say Theodore.  He launched the US into the world power that we are today.  Franklin got us thru the depression, but it took World War 2 to get us OUT of the depression.
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George Washington is by far the best President to date. He had no idea what he was getting himself into, but took the job anyway. He served the Untied States in the same way he had served the colonies during the Revolution, with complete control and undying support. When asked if he would continue into a third term, he declined. Hell, they tried to make the guy king at first.\n\nOn the complete other side of the spectrum is FDR. He became the country's first elected emperor. It is his fault that the current federal government is so huge. They have to have agencies to watch agencies now because of his liberal reforms. I admit that during the Great Depression, his reforms helped a small portion of the country, but after the War those programs should have been faded out. Instead he set the precedent for the federal government to control every aspect of our lives.
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George Washington,  John Adams, Thomas Jefferson,  James Madison,  James Monroe,  John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson,  Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler,  James Knox Polk, Zachary Taylor,  Millard Fillmore,  Franklin Pierce,  James Buchanan,  Abraham Lincoln,  Andrew Johnson,  Ulysses Simpson Grant, Rutherford Birchard Hayes,  James Abram Garfield,
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Lee Iacocca, Ross Perot, Mark Cuban, and of course PT Barnum. My favorite of all time is Ben Franklin. You must read his autobiography.
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The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln, America's first Republican president.\n\n\nFour score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. \n\nNow we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. \n\nBut, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE, shall not perish from the earth.
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John Adams and John Quincy Adams is the correct answer.\n\nThere has also been a grandfather/grandson pair: William Henry Harrison (#9) and Benjamin Harrison (#23)
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His biggest contributions to the United States lay in his actions before he became the President.  He is often cited as the father of the constitution and was a major contributor to the federalist papers.  As President, the War of 1812 dominated his presidency.
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George washington.\nThere would be no America without him.
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1.George Washington, 1789-1797 \n2.John Adams, 1797-1801 \n3.Thomas Jefferson, 1801-1809 \n4.James Madison, 1809-1817 \n5.James Monroe, 1817-1825 \n6.John Quincy Adams, 1825-1829 \n7.Andrew Jackson, 1829-1837 \n8.William Henry Harrison, 1841\n\nThe first four were actually born in Britian.  The second four were born in the Colonies, still under British rule.\n\nMartin Van Buren (who served between Jackson & Harrison) was the first natuarlly born President of the United States.
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My law professor.  He was more liberal than I am and wasn't above stating his views but he knew the history and foundation of the law and gave us students a deep appreciation for our constitution.