In your opinion, who is the best president in all of U.S. history?
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I still love Clinton, sorry. And Hillary too. Go Hillary!
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DeKlerk of South Africa because he had the guts to free the blacks in a white society.\n\nWinston Churchill of Great Britain because he stood strong against Nazi Germany and was the last free nation involved in WWII.\n\nFranklin Roosevelt of the USA because even with in a wheelchair he was able to guide the USA out of the Great Depression and win WWII.
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Yes, past US Presidents.  George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln--in that order from left to right.
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Here's an odd answer:  For recent times I would say Reagan, Clinton, and our current president Bush.\n\nFor first two for communications, and the current for raw guts.
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Clinton, to tell you why would take all day.\n\nYeah, yeah people are still stuck on the monica thing. But the economy was doing fine, and people didnt have 75% of the gov't funded college scholorships and grants tooken away. plus he was a wonderful diplomat. Not to many Presidents can pull that off. There hundreds off reasons why I choose Clinton, but to fully explain my self would take forever. :) Bill's Da Bomb!\n\n\n\nSome would say Lincoln, but Lincoln freed slaves for the sake of saving the Union, he didnt care if the slaves were free or not. If slavery wasnt AFFECTING THE UNION, THEN THEY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN FREED BY HIM
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Regan.  He was one of the best Presidents we've ever had.
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Eleanor Roosevelt. She was intelligent and she would have been a good president herself, too.
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Some of the best US Presidents where Religious.\n\nJohn Quincy Adams (1825-29):\n"The first and almost the only book deserving of universal attention is the Bible. I speak as a man of the world . . . and I say to you, 'Search the Scriptures.'"\n\nAndrew Jackson (1829-37) \n"Sir, that Book is the Rock on which our Republic rests!"\n\nAbraham Lincoln (1861-1865) \n"I am profitably engaged in reading the Bible. Take all of this book upon reason that you can and the balance by faith, and you will live and die a better man."
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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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Bill cliton, John Quincy Adams, John F. Kennedy, President Garfield, John ADams. o and George Bush RULES!!!!!! he is probably the best president ever
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I think Franklin Delano Roosevelt, because his influence is still felt today.  Social programs, foreign policy are still around 61 years after his death.  I think Woodrow Wilson was very influential with his idea for the League of Nations.  Theodore Roosevelt for his belief in the environment and the national park system.  Eisenhower because of the interstate system.  Nixon because we learned that the President was not infallible.  James Monroe because of his writing of the US Constitution.  Thomas Jefferson because of his brilliance and his gift of books that became the Library of Congress.   That's my list.
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The President, and not just America.  The president is the most powerful person in the world.
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Definitely Clinton.  During the Clinton years our economy was great (imagine operating with a budget surplus rather than deficit!) and he isn't a warmonger.
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I'd have to go with Joe Montana as far as the "best".
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Best = reagan\nWorst = Clinton.
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Absolutely! And he will be viewed as one of the best Presidents ever. He has the courage of his convictions and is not swayed by public opinion as his predecessor was.
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I would have to go with FDR.  Apparently many people of his time agreed with me, because he is the only President to have been elected four times. He served just over 12 years.  He brought the country out of depression, creating many jobs, such as the TVA and the CCC (Tennessee Valley Authority and Civilian Conservation Corps.) He was a rich man who was truly for the poor people. I think he is just about the greatest President we have ever had, with the possible exception of the first George.\n\nOutside of Presidents, I would have to say Martin Luther King.  He was such a great man.  He worked so hard to establish civil rights and to work out good relations between the races.  I think the worst thing that ever happened to race relations in this country was his assassination.