Who do you think was the best US President and why?

Question

My vote goes to Thomas Jefferson, our third President. His ideas for keeping the Federal Government small as well as his attitude about religion make him my all-time favorite~
"It causes me no harm whether my neighbor believes in twenty Gods or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg."

Answer 1

Tough call, I have great admiration for Thomas Jefferson,

but James Madison.

"As a leader in the first Congresses he drafted many basic laws and was responsible for the first ten amendments to the Constitution, and thus he is also known as the "Father of the Bill of Rights". [1] As a political theorist Madison's most distinctive belief was that the new republic needed checks and balances to limit the powers of special interests, which Madison called factions.[2] He believed very strongly that the new nation should fight against aristocracy and corruption (especially of British origin), and was deeply committed to creating mechanisms that would make Republicanism in the United States work in practice.[3]"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Madison

Those three things, checks and balances, Bill of Rights, disdain for aristocracy and corruption, are what this country is about, at least should be about.

It is a shame more of our contemporary politicians, don't think like the founding fathers. Perhaps that is the problem, today they are politicians, not philosophers.

Answer 2

Abraham Lincoln

Answer 3

Hip Hip Hooray you go bro, that is the only President I honor and look up to ever he was the Father of this country tis of thee!
Amen to that eh? ha ha Yeah buddy? I am cheering right about now.

Answer 4

Kennedy... he was unbiased toward international issues (especially the arab-israeli conflict), and that's probably because he was catholic... the only catholic US president... and he got shot... may he rest in peace