Who was the greatest politician of all time?
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Ferdinand Marcos!\nKidding.
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Gloria Macapagal Arroyo\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines
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Tough call... I'm going to say Ghandi, I think he did the most good for the most people.
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Ronald Reagan, hands down. He brought back the love for America to all generations. He was a moral and compassionate man, yet a stern and strong leader. He was "The Great Communicator." Reagan was known for his ability to express ideas and emotions in an almost personal manner, even when making a formal address\n\nDuring the Reagan presidency, the inflation rate dropped from 13.6% in 1980 (President Carter's final year in office) to 4.1% by 1988, the economy added 16,753,000 jobs and the unemployment rate fell from 7.5% to 5.3% (although it increased at one point peaking near 10%). In addition, the poverty rate fell from 14% to 12.8%.\n\nReagan made the abolition of communism and the implementation of supply-side economics the primary focuses of his presidency, but he also took a strong stand against abortion. He published the book Abortion and the Conscience of a Nation, which decried what Reagan saw as disrespect for life, promoted by the practice of abortion. Many conservative activists refer to Reagan as the most pro-life president in history.\n\nMy Favorite President.\nA Reagan Republican\n\nClinton: demoralized America, and opened the door to Liberalism.  Clinton taxed the small business and working class to death while handing tax supported perks out to the largest muliti National corporations, the media loves this and the working class had no voice in the matter.\nClinton was very wise at dividing us all into groups and pitting each group against each other.\n\nCLINTON ADMINISTRATION RECORDS SET\n- The only president ever impeached on grounds of personal malfeasance\n- Most number of convictions and guilty pleas by friends and associates\n- Most number of cabinet officials to come under criminal investigation\n- Most number of witnesses to flee country or refuse to testify\n- Most number of witnesses to die suddenly\n- First president sued for sexual harassment.\n- First president accused of rape.\n- First first lady to come under criminal investigation\n- Largest criminal plea agreement in an illegal campaign contribution case\n- First president to establish a legal defense fund.\n- Greatest amount of illegal campaign contributions\n- Greatest amount of illegal campaign contributions from abroad\n\n\nThank God, President Bush has put morality back into the presidency.
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Lenin.  \n\nGiven the history of the Soviet Union it's impossible to come to any other opinion than he failed in his aim to improve the lot of the Russian people.
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bill clinton\n\njfk\n\nfdr
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Plato for sure... I was just re-reading the Republic recently and admiring all over again how very well he picked an issue apart by answering every question with another question until getting to the root of it. If only we all did that!
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There are so many of them.  I'd like to shake the hand of Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon, and find out first-hand what that experience was like.\n\nAnother who lived in my lifetime was John F. Kennedy.  He inspired us to ask what we can do for our country, and not just expect our country to do everything for us.\n\nIf I could pick any one person from history, it would have to be Jesus of Nazareth.  He single-handedly did more to change the course of human history than any other person.  We even number our years after him!
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I'm not sure "greatness" and "improving the state of the nation" should be the same yardsticks.  I consider Lincoln the greatest man because he worked his way up from poverty, was a great writer, thought deeply about philosophy and religion instead of just accepting the easy dogma of the culture or of one denomination, overcame depression, kept a sense of humor and humility, and was a skilled politician in the best sense of the word.  I'm probably overlooking many other aspects of his greatness as a human being.  You could argue that he did the most for improving the state of the nation by leading a second revolution with a goal of real equality, not just for prosperous white males, and getting rid of slavery.\n\nFor improving the state of the nation, it's a close call with Teddy Roosevelt, though.  Roosevelt led the way in taking the country back from the Robber Barons, who had trampled the working class for over a generation.  That's an aspect of American history that isn't covered much, but it certainly is relavent to today's situation, where the president is rabid about concentrating more wealth in the hands of the top 1% while the bottom 50% controls 2.5% of the private wealth of the nation
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FDR\nGoogle him. \n\nPublic Works\nLongest Administration, invariably he had the longest time to do most of the (good) works he is credited for, and we enjoy the effects to this day.
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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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I would pick Ronald Reagan. He was a great guy.
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I would say FDR. Because of helping to get the US out of the depression and creating Social Security. Even though it's that great it sure helps. And the only President to go three terms.
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Puskas was the greatest.\nRemember that he was outstanding in two different decades in football (1950s and 1960s) and even in the mid 1960s in the Spanish league there was a game when he scored five goals!\nDon't forget that Puskas was playing in an era where there was a lot more physical contact e.g. two-footed tackles from behind were still legal. There is no doubt that he would still be outstanding in today's game. His technique and accuracy was something else.\nAnd it wasn't just the goals, but the way he brought others into the game that made him the greatest player ever. A great leader.\n(By the way, a lot of Pele's 1,000 goals were in exhibition matches)
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Adolf Hitler\nHermann Goring\nJoseph Goebbels\nHeinrich Himmler
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I dunno. I would probably have to say Pol Pot. He was the leader of Cambodia during the late seventies. During his few years in power he set up an extremely oppresive communist government, and killed over 2,000,000 people. I'm not too certain about the details, you should look them up, but i have heard that he was actually a little bit canabalistic. I do know that he was obsessed with making people afraid of him, and he was later killed by his own officers. \n\nAnother one would probably be Stalin. He was an extremely paranoid leader of the soviet union. He killed 24,000,000 people. That's 4 times as many people as hitler killed. The only reason we didn't care about stalin is because he was on our side at the time.(this was during WWII)
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Ghandi.  He suffered for mankind, to bring peace in this world.\n\nHe went on many food fasts almost dying a few times.\n\nHe was a very strong man, all for the sake of humanity.