What President of the United States do you think has served this country the best ?

Answer 1

George Washington, Abe Lincoln

Answer 2

This might sound corny, but I will go along with George Washington. Not just because of his successes in the battlefield, and not just because he was the first president. I select him because of some of the most subtle things.

In 1783, shortly after the Revolutionary War had concluded, there was a vocal protest by veterans of the war that the government was not compensating them properly for their efforts. Washington convinced them to seek a peaceful resolution for their complaint. As a result, we never did have an army take-over of the government, something which has plagued far too many other nations.

Furthermore, Washington voluntarily stepped down from power around that time. He could have had power for the asking. Instead, he preferred to retire to Mt. Vernon. This established the precident for civilian leadership rather than coming from the military, something which helped bring about the fall of the Roman Republic.

Often overlooked and important is that he answered the call for a unifying figure to be head of state for the country when the Constitution went into effect. If it had been almost anyone else, the states might have eventually factionalized and a united country might have divided and become weaker because of that.

Answer 3

A. Lincoln because not only did he refuse to recognize the Confederacy as a separate nation , but he also refused to allow European nations to recognize it either. He served his country best because prior to the Civil War America was one nation and after the Civil War America was still one nation. Amazing truly amazing.
As far as the Ronald Reagan Kool -Aid drinkers go , It would be a stretch to call RWR a good president forget about a great president..
The mechanism that led to the end of the Cold War was started by Harry Truman at the behest of JFDulles and continued by by every president after. Quite simply put the US spent the USSR into submission. The USSR could not devote ever increasing quantities of its' GNP to defense. So it collapsed under its own compressive weight. To give RWR credit for that is iggorant

Answer 4

I gotta say FDR. He brought us from a very dark moment (depression) to our shining moment on the world stage.

I might put Washington in second, but he gets a lot of credit for winning the revolution, when in fact he was a poor general. (Washingtons Crossing? He took his men across the deleware and slaughtered a small group of German mercenaries on Christmas night.)

I have to fault Lincoln for a few reasons.

1)Instituted the draft. If American's don't believe in a war enough for enough people to volunteer, we shouldn't be fighting it.

2)He crushed states rights. The constitution sets the country up more as a confederation than a federation. (meaning more governing power lies with individual states than the national government.) The south wanted to preserve that so that slavery could be maintianed. I of course disagree with slavery, but I don't agree with an overpowering central government.

3)He gets credit for "freeing the slaves" but he did everything possible to avoid the war that set them free. He didn't even introduce the emancipation proclomation until the war had been going on for some time. All he wanted to do was preserve the union. He even said "If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that."

I find the votes for Reagan laughable. He didn't win the cold war at all. He just happened to be president when the Soviet Unions economy collasped. Lets have no illusions about not firing a shot either. His administration trained and equipped Afgani rebels in their war with the Soviet Union. (One of whom was Osama Bin Laden) He also equiped Sadam Hussien with biological weapons for use against Iran when they decideded they'd rather play ball with the USSR than us.

Answer 5

Jimmy Carter since he left office. He has sereved this country better since he was President. He helped put Habitat For Humanity on the map. Who ever heard of this organization before he started helping it? People think he founded it but it was started in 1976 by Millard and Linda Fuller of Americus, GA. Carter has also championed peace more so than he did as President. What other ex-Presidents do you know that are not worried about his place in history? I will applaud George Bush Sr. and Bill Clinton during the Hurricane Katrina mess, but they haven't done as much as Carter as done.

Answer 6

Ronald Reagan

Answer 7

the Obvious Answers are Washington, Lincoln, & FDR...
I am a democrat but to be honest Richard Nixon accomplished the most of any modern president. the things he accomplished have been over shadowed by the Watergate Scandal.

Other accomplished presidents were Woodrow Wilson and Thomas Jefferson

Answer 8

I would have to go with George Washington because he was forced to set the bar for presidents who came after him. He also was a great general and a great man. It is too bad that his daughter died so young. He diserved to have a great family. My next choice would of course be Abe Lincoln. He was a good God fearing man. Who really stood for what was right and just. He stood firm with this country even in one of its roughest times. That would lead me to say that my third pick would of course be FDR. He was a fabulous president. He accomplished so much, and without the use of his legs. What a great man, and a great president.

-God Bless-

Answer 9

George Washington because he had no precedence and set a good precedence for how the presidency should be.

The second best is definitely Abraham Lincoln because he stopped the country from been split into two.

Answer 10

William Jefferson Clinton.