Worst leader of the 20th century and why?
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Stalin.  This man sent millions to death camps in his own country.  During WWII he didn't have a clue about military tactics and his forces were sent to slaughter.  He had his own soldiers killed.  He granted amnesty to prisoners if they fought in the war and when the war was over, sent them right back to prison.  The atrocities he committed were far beyond those of Hitler and he not only remained in power but was considered a savior by his people.
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Worst president: Grant (see whiskey ring: first link)\n\nBest: Lincoln (How could you not choose him)\n\nHorniest: Clinton (Who else would keep head of state waiting while he got serviced)\n\nDrunkest: Grant (he was known to hit the bottle, during the civil war)
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That's what they'd like to do, alright. Bush is almost certainly the worst president since Nixon, but he's *their* worst president since Nixon.
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I am sorry to notice - you have a wrong understanding of 20th century history...\n\n1.  If the Alias wouldn't have helped the USSR, and Hitler had manged to win the war with USSR, the US would be able to win the war against Germany (Japan has lost the war after the Germany was defeated, and USSR has started the war against Japan).  And in that case the process of genocides (not only Jews, but also of African Americans, Native Americans, etc. would have taken place...)\n\n2.  Stalin was brutal, but he didn't kill everyone who was smarter.  That was an issue of politics.  He killed everyone who could get stronger than he is (in political meaning) - but the scientists who were inventing things were working (although not being free) and they invented a lot... beginning from thermonuclear bombs - finished with AK47, tanks, airplanes etc.\nbut what Stalin did, he made up a certain hierarchy... and collected all the sources in the country - which made it for USSR possible to win the 2nd World war... and USSR become a SUPERPOWER... \n\nP.S. I don't want you to think I agree with what Stalin did... that is the positive part (there is too much of negative).
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How about top 10?\n\n1. Adolf Hitler\n2. Ivan the Terrible (IV)\n3. Timur (Tamerlane)\n4. Maximillian Robespierre\n5. Joseph Stalin\n6. Mao Tse-Tung\n7. Papa Doc Devalier\n8. Nicolae Ceausescu\n9. Idi Amin\n10. Pol Pot
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Worst President in Americas History. I am sure there will be several chapters about George Bush in the Civics books just like the criminal Nixon.
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the single worst leader of the uk in my life time!\n\nno-one has done more to crush the working man and support the rich in the last 35 years.\n\nyes i am only 35 years old but political history is important.\n\nboring sometimes!\n\nbut important.\n\ntony blair is not great but compared to her he is ok.
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I'd say it's probably Churchill.  I don't really like the man, but he was a great, inspirational leader who pulled Britain through the Battle of Britain, which wasn't so much a battle as it was a barrage.  He was a strong, proud, charismatic man who rallied a nation against fascism.  I'd call him much more of a hero than FDR or LaGuardia or even Patton, because he was in it for so much longer, when it looked like he wasn't going to get help from the US.\n\nNot that I don't love FDR.
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A BAD MODERN LEADER = BUSH--DESTROYING AMERICA AND DAMAGING THE WORLD BY SETTING HATE ON A COLLISION COURSE TO WAR.\n\nTONY BLAIR-- BAD-  SAME AS BUSH -HURT BRITIAN. HARM WORLD OVERALL..\n\nGORDAN BROWN COULD EMERGE AS A GOOD DTRONG WORLD LEADER IN BRITAIN.\n\nHILLARY CLINTON. IS EMERGING AS A WORLD LEADER ALREADY.\n\nBILL CLINTON IS STILL RESPECTED AS A WORLD LEADER AS WELL AS JIMMY CARTER.
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Both were stupid and both ran up the debt. Reagan was the worst President in History till now. Even Nixon did not do as much harm to the working class as Reagan did.
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Hands down it is Bush.\n\nThe most incompetent of all time, secretive, anti democratic etc.  Not to mention the fact he has done nothing positive for the average american in all his years!
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We've had some other stinkers throughout history.  Taft was not exactly a sterling leader......VanBuren was an utter light weight......Jimmy Carter was incompetent....if well meaning.....Reagan set back 20 years of progress in this nation....and destroyed the unions......but Dubya's incompetence might have a longer lasting impact than any of them.  Our social services will be broke for YEARS.
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The WORST!!!!! Well, since Taft.\n\nGo Kerry!  I'd have voted for Kerry if I was eligible.
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the most evil leader in history was mrs. hennessey, my high school french teacher. she made demons piss their pants.
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Hindenburg and Kaiser Wilhelm were strong leaders. Wilhelm was just a moron.
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Adolph Hitler\n\nHitler controlled Germany from 1933–45. His fascist maneuverings for world domination, his dream of a Teutonic master race subjugating all non-Germanic peoples, led to a criminality unmatched by any leader this millennium. Responsible for the genocide of six million Jews, the slaughter of Gypsies, Slavs, homosexuals, Communists, and other "undesirables" and "decadents," as well as the invasion of Europe and the preposterous ambition to rule the world, Hitler defies any more sophisticated explanation than categorical evil.\n\n\nJoseph Stalin\n\nTotalitarian leader of the U.S.S.R. from 1929–53, Stalin crushed the Soviet peoples with his megalomania and repressive version of communism. His adopted name meant "man of steel," and the term Stalinism has become the definition of a cruel, draconian socialism. He sent millions of Soviets not conforming to the Stalinist ideal to forced-labor camps, and he persecuted his country's vast number of ethnic groups—reserving particular vitriol for Jews and Ukranians. Soviet historian Roy Medvedev estimated that about 20 million died from starvation, executions, forced collectivization, and life in the labor camps under Stalin's rule. Another 20 million survived imprisonment and deportation.\n\nMao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung)\n\nA despotic ideologue who controlled China from 1949–76, Mao subjected the Chinese people to his massive social experiments, all of which went catastrophically amok. Early in his reign, he encouraged free speech in an attempt to avoid the mistakes of Stalinism. When criticism of his regime arose, however, his true sentiments—absolute intolerance of dissent and opposition—emerged, and he retaliated savagely. When he launched the Great Leap Forward—his economic plan to forge an industrial revolution in China—it resulted in the worst famine of the century, described as a "totally unnecessary, entirely man-made holocaust that claimed between 23 million and 30 million lives." He then masterminded the Cultural Revolution, which, despite its ideological claim to "purify" communism of bureaucrats and elitists, was a vehicle for settling Mao's personal scores and shoring up power. During the nightmarish decade when culture was equated with depravity, millions—most of whom were guilty of the crime of belonging to the bourgeoisie—were imprisoned, tortured, and murdered as suspected class enemies.\n\n\nPol Pot\n\nRadical Marxist leader of Cambodia from 1975–79, who butchered his own people. The four years of nightmarish Khmer Rouge rule led to the state-sponsored extermination of citizens by its own government. Between 1 million and 2 million people were massacred on the "killing fields" of Cambodia or were worked to death through forced labor. Pol Pot's radical vision of transforming the country into a Marxist agrarian society led to the virtual extermination of the country's professional and technical class—anyone wearing glasses, for example, was murdered. Pol Pot died in 1998 without remorse, declaring, "My conscience is clear."\n\nTamerlane (Timur)\n\nTamerlane's life (c. 1336–1405) was spent conquering the inhabitants of Asia. A Turkik Mongol, his goal was to make his capital, Samarkand, the most impressive in Asia. Yet he rarely stayed at home, preferring to vanquish and destroy additional lands. Legendary for his ruthless savagery and lack of mercy, Tamerlane massacred entire populations—including the 80,000 residents of Delhi— and razed whole cities, leaving behind nothing but rubble. And he had a macabre sense of architecture—building towers out of the skulls of his victims.\n\nMaximillien Robespierre\n\nRobespierre was the mastermind of the Reign of Terror (1793–1794), the dark underside of the French Revolution that perverted its lofty ideals of democracy with fanaticism and inhumanity. Robespierre, leader of the infamous Committee of
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What R  you nuts!! The worst president since Nixon.