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The Greatest U.S. Presidents of All Time
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1882#5 on the ultimate list“ Had to act swiftly and decisively to pull the country from off its knees after years of economic depression and then equally firmly to prosecute the Second World War successfully. „ - 2
1809#1 on the ultimate list“ Truly great in many ways, but there are times when I wonder what would have actually happened if he had just allowed secession to occur. Surely the Confederacy would have had to move beyond slavery eventually and may we now have been in a situation where there were two sizeable countries living as friendly neighbours instead of the one there is today, but with several hundred thousand men not having been slaughtered in the meantime? How would that have worked out? We'll never know, but I do wonder from time to time. „ - 3
1732#2 on the ultimate list - 4
1858#4 on the ultimate list“ Dynamic and progressive it is another tantalising question to wonder what might have been had he run in 1908 instead of Taft. „ - 5
1743#3 on the ultimate list“ His first term was so successful he could well have been at number one, but then his second ran aground somewhat. „ - 6
1856#17 on the ultimate list - 7 1884#9 on the ultimate list
- 8 1890#6 on the ultimate list
- 9 1795#16 on the ultimate list
- 10 1767#14 on the ultimate list
- 11 1735#11 on the ultimate list“ Much maligned being sandwiched, as he was, between Washington and Jefferson, but looking at others who followed he was a far better Chief Executive than people gave him credit for at the time. „
- 12 1908#20 on the ultimate list“ Like so many World Leaders a near impossible foreign crisis (Vietnam in Johnson's case) overshadowed and undermined much of what he otherwise achieved. „
- 13 1946#13 on the ultimate list“ Don't let the sex scandals deflect from the fact that Clinton was no fool. The world would have been a safer place today had he still been in the White House on 9/11. „
- 14 1917#8 on the ultimate list“ Could have turned out to be among the very greatest Presidents, but we shall never know. His actual accomplishments were fairly limited, but it was a sense of hope and a new, vibrant beginning that was lost by his assassination. „
- 15 1843#23 on the ultimate list
- 16 1758#12 on the ultimate list
- 17 1837#22 on the ultimate list
- 18 1911#7 on the ultimate list
- 19 1924#18 on the ultimate list“ Read my lips "No New Taxes!" (apart from the ones I didn't expect to have to announce). Otherwise a fairly competent President whose biggest mistake as far as the US Presidency is concerned was probably when he decided to become a father! „
- 20 1751#10 on the ultimate list
- 21 1829#32 on the ultimate list
- 22 1822#29 on the ultimate list
- 23 1913#25 on the ultimate list
- 24 1872#24 on the ultimate list“ Oversaw a period of peace and prosperity, but doesn't rank near the top because he failed to foresee and therefore take steps to prevent the Great Depression which was to land almost as soon as he left office. „
- 25 1961#19 on the ultimate list“ Too early to tell. Not a disaster (although following Dubya he could have invaded Canada, burned down the White House and banned television and still be rated above him) but only time will tell whether he will move up or down the list. He has four more years in which to cement his legacy. „
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