We have a poll to the left listing the top 3 Presidents. All historians agree that these three are the best, with the number 1 spot switching back and forth between them. Batshit crazy wingnuts will scream that Reagan is the best and you are communist if you think otherwise. Well, no one agrees with them. As usual.
Here are my Top Ten:
1. Abraham Lincoln
“I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.” – Lincoln
2. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” – FDR
3. George Washington
“The nation which indulges towards another a habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest.” – Washington
4. Thomas Jefferson
“I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever. . . the Almighty has no attribute that can take side with us in such a contest.” – Jefferson
5. Theodore Roosevelt
“No Man is justified in doing evil on the grounds of expedience.” – Roosevelt
6. Andrew Jackson
“It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes.” – Jackson
7. Woodrow Wilson
“A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits…. a conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt.” Woodrow Wilson
8. Harry S. Truman
“When even one American – who has done nothing wrong — is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth, then all of Americans are in peril.” – Truman
9. James K. Polk
“No president who performs his duties faithfully and conscientiously can have any leisure.” – Polk
10. John F. Kennedy
“And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” – Kennedy