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Who was your favorite American President?

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There a few I like which are the founding fathers.

George Washington-He rejected being King; responsible for the U.S. becoming an independent country.

Thomas Jefferson-He was against slavery, in his first draft of the Declaration of Independence, he criticized King George III for enslaving Africans and for stoping attempts to ban slavery in Colonial Virginia. He did pass the Northwest Ordinance and made slavery illegal in the upper western territories.

John Adams- Really important to the U.S. He had the belief in individual liberties. Theres a really good show that aired on HBO about him thats really accurate. His childhood and how his views shaped is really interesting.

Washington, Jefferson, Madison and other founding fathers were against slavery they felt they inherited what they thought was an evil. They did believed that all men were created equal. And they were't all talk either, there were attempts by the founding fathers to end slavery. The Northwest Ordinance being one of them.
 
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But he did invent electricity?
Actually he didn't do that either, he just ran experiments that helped in the understanding of electricity. Knowledge of electricity and it's properties goes back into the BCE eras
I am going with William Henry Harrison, because his time in office makes me laugh
 
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Aren't you all forgetting about Donald Trump, the greatest president there ever was? Don't you know his administration has accomplished more than almost any administration in the history of USA? Okay... off to bed now! :P
 

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what the title says.

For me, the objectively best president was Washington. But personally I liked Reagan. The guy had more style then a pack of flamingos.

"My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I have signed legislation outlawing Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes."

interestingly enough that sentence almost started a war...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_begin_bombing_in_five_minutes

that being said i can respect the guy even though i could not agree with a single bit of his politics. I do believe he cared though. Also i believe that all he did he truly meant it with love for his country.

personally i like JFK though
 
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President Thomas Whitmore:

"We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore. We will be united in our common interests. Perhaps it's fate that today is the Fourth of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom... Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution... but from annihilation."
 
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No president has ever been perfect. That said, some are worse than others.

No one since America is a cancer.

As an American, can confirm. American government and more than a third of the population is cancer. Can I trade you for Justin Trudeau?
 
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