02-08-2022, 01:06 PM
(02-07-2022, 01:51 PM)Eric the Green Wrote:(02-06-2022, 09:31 AM)David Horn Wrote: I have to fault your view of Washington. His singular and greatest act was stepping aside after 8 years and retiring from the public square. That was, to say the least, an unheard-of event in that or any prior time. The humility and bravery it took to walk away set the standard for the nation.
Sure. I just don't think that makes him number 1 greatest on the list of presidents.
I'll agree that #1 is probably either Lincoln or FDR, but Washington is not far behind.
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