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Abraham Lincoln Was The Greatest President Of All Time
There are many other close choices in this topic, such as Washington or Roosevelt or Kennedy and many others, however the sheer bravery of Lincoln in the Civil War and his amazing leadership ability as the United States first "Republican" President deserves him the respect as ranking at the top. His amazing actions brought about the abolishment of slavery and the end of the Confederate States attempting to separate from the United States.
 Jayce  09 Oct 2008 02:38
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But George Washington is the one who set the precedent for how everything would be handled in the future, and he voluntarily gave up power both after the war and after his presidency, which shows a lot of character if you ask me.
 
 sherbert  27 Oct 2008 01:12
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 George Washington is probably one of my favorites too, he was pretty much perfect for being the first U.S president
by  Jayce
 03 Nov 2008 03:42
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Hidell summed it up...he was a bad president and started many of the bad trends that the government has in place today. And as far as your other choices, there were terrible too...there are all socialists
 
 bones  15 Oct 2008 06:56
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No, he just gets a lot of credit for finally ending slavery, which was a long time in the making.
 
 ur_wrong  09 Oct 2008 18:48
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No I go for R.R.
 
 keepmindok  09 Oct 2008 08:24
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 Reading Railroad?
by  Specter87
 09 Oct 2008 16:38
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Lincoln was a tyrant. He didn't care at all about black people. In fact, he wanted to ethnically cleanse the United States of them by sending them back to Africa or down to Latin America. What's more, the Southern states had every right to secede. He deserved what he got.
 
 Hidell  09 Oct 2008 07:58
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I never met the man, but I hear good things. I just love four-score and seven years ago. Seeing as how 87 is my number.
 
 Specter87  09 Oct 2008 05:18
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No.

He said, "To the victor goes the spoils", and it is true, but he was not a good man.
Robert E. Lee was Lincoln's Better, by far.
And then some.

The Civil War was not really about Slavery: It was actually fought about States Rights.
 
 Scorpion  09 Oct 2008 04:51
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