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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Want a heart? Who has been America's greatest president? [View all]thucythucy
(8,069 posts)10. I agree.
Lincoln endured so much, accomplished so much, and had he lived through his second term the history of this nation, I believe, would have been substantially different, and better, particularly as it unrolled during the second half of the nineteenth century.
"With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan--to do all which may achieve and cherish a just, and a lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations."
It doesn't get any better than that
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this was back in the dark ages, long before the unholy trinity (ray-gun, poppy and chimpy)
niyad
Feb 2013
#24
1. The genius Thomas Jefferson 2. The father of modern America, FDR 3. The decisive one...
FleetwoodMac
Feb 2013
#41
first term President Obama. There are other great presidents, today I answer /w our current Pres.
Sunlei
Feb 2013
#61
P. van den Berghe rates T. Roosevelt as among the modern world's top three racist statesmen
mikekohr
Feb 2013
#86
I'd be surprised if Lincoln isn't at the top of anyone's list of great presidents....
Rowdyboy
Feb 2013
#70
My favs are Washington, Lincoln, TR, FDR, Eisenhower, LBJ and President Obama
phleshdef
Feb 2013
#87