Who was the greatest American president?

Answer 1

Ronald Reagan, hands down... My first born will be named Reagan in honor of him.

Answer 2

George Washington, because he turned down the post of king, a third term, and gave a great example for the others that followed. He also warned against too much foreign entanglement (boy should have listened to him, huh). He disliked the idea of political parties (believed that parties did not allow the best man to win). Brought us out of a revolution and presided over a stable government that has lasted over 200 years. Most countries born in a revolution wind up having subsequent revolutions and take a long time to become stable. George Washington gave us stability right away. By the way, even France, a so-called western democracy, has had more than one rebellion against the powers that be.

Answer 3

Washington. Kennedy. FDR. Jefferson


How can anyone claim G.W. as the greatest american president without going into histerical laughter?

Answer 4

1. Abraham Lincoln

2. Ronald Reagan

3. John F. Kennedy

Answer 5

Franklin Delano Roosevelt - not too far behind is his distant cousin - Teddy Roosevelt - Reagan? Reagan as a "greatest" President? LMFAOLROTF


Mommy I'm scared... too many people actually think Reagan and Bush are the best presidents... these people scare me... especially if they vote.

Answer 6

george washington.

i say that because he was the first. people begged him to run for a third term because he did such a good job, but he believed that the nation needed constant infusions of new blood and so he refused. he could have been a king had he wished, and many people begged him to lead the nation. but that would not have been in line with his beliefs for the country. and those were what he held dear. he was elected unanimously twice.

and because he actually led troops and fought in our revolutionary war. he lost some battles, but he had the balls to fight himself for what he believed in.

and so that is why i think he is the best. he did more than win wars or simply act like a president. he forged our nation with his hands and gave it to us as the children of freedom.

Answer 7

Ronald Reagen

Answer 8

Ronald Reagen
followed close by George W. Bush

Answer 9

Lincoln

Answer 10

Reagan

Answer 11

Ronald Reagan presided over the most far-reaching changes in U.S. government economic and social policy in half a century. His administration succeeded in eliminating or reducing many social programs begun by the federal government under presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945) and Lyndon Baines Johnson (1963-1969) and in lifting many restrictions on business activities.

As president, Reagan delegated much of the day-to-day administrative work to his staff. He defined his management style as “to identify the problem, find the right individuals to do the job, and then let them go to it.” Reagan’s chief function in his administration was as “the great communicator.” He served as a spokesman for the conservative coalition that had backed his campaign for the presidency.

This coalition included businessmen opposed to government regulation of private enterprise and anti-Communists who believed that the United States should build up its military strength to deter possible aggression by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). Reagan also received strong support from conservative religious groups, who were unhappy about what they saw as decreasing respect for religion in public life and about increasingly permissive attitudes, especially with respect to sex and drugs, that had emerged in the late 1960s. These groups often had little in common, and it took a politician with Reagan’s charm to smooth over their differences.

Reagan also won a solid following among moderate middle-class and working-class Americans, many of whom traditionally had supported the Democratic Party. He won their support with his assertion that the federal government imposed excessive taxation and had grown too large and cumbersome. Reagan spoke out against what he described as overgrown government bureaucracy, expensive social programs, and federal regulatory agencies that interfered in the private lives and business dealings of U.S. citizens.


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