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Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
So would Bush... if he'd been 'great'.
So would Bush... if he'd been 'great'.
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Atleast Bush tried...Clinton had the chance, and passed on it... -
FDR, Lincoln, and TR all come to mind.Originally posted by DanS
I don't think that the US has had any presidents that could be easily described in such a manner, but I find that to be a good thing. Normal people can succeed in the presidency and even bad presidents will not harm us unduly.Comment
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All three were excellent presidents and FDR and Lincoln earn their respective places on the National Mall. But only Lincoln even comes close to "great," in my opinion. On the other hand, a truly great leader could have solved the problems of the time without a civil war.FDR, Lincoln, and TR all come to mind.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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No one could have solved the problems of the time without a civil war.
Does Napolean not deserve to be called great since hey, a truly great leader could've done all that without war?Comment
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Could a truly great leader have done what Napoleon did without war?
It is my opinion that a civil war could have been avoided by a truly great leader.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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