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JFKâs Presidential CourageâJune 10, 1963 JFK’s Presidential Courage—June 10, 1963. Fifty years ago, Kennedy made a historic speech that brought America and the Soviet Union back from the brink. By Norman Birnbaum. June 12, 2013. The Cold War did not end with the opening of the Berlin Wall, the reunification of Germany and the subsequent collapse of the Soviet Union.
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10 Presidents Who Have Personally Killed People All this got us wondering at HNN how many presidents have killed people or seen battle up close? This is what we found out. 1. George Washington: Our first commander-in-chief had an impressive military record, with close engagements in both the French and Indian Wars (1754-1763) and the American Revolution (1775-1783). It is not known how many men he killed, nor is it specifically documented that he killed any men at all in these engagements.
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- Fortunately for the U.S., the Confederacy was unprepared to win an early war, and was in many ways unprepared to effectively fight a large and long war. The Confederacy had forms of incompetency from beginning to end. Abraham Lincoln was a very talented President, but he was never a well trained military leader. It was therefore difficult to pick out the wheat from the chaff. A general that works his way up to a military leadership role in peacetime small army, often is not a great military leader in wartime.
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Name five personal qualities of andrew jackson that made him a strong president? Best Answer: i don't know about strong president... he hated the american indians, and is responsible for the murder of over 300,000 of them, he even wiped out an entire tribe based on pressure of his voters so he could be president.
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The tallest warrior on the Longest Day They were the young breed, the rare breed, the American breed who took to the treacherous beaches of Normandy under the leadership of a remarkable man who stood tall to lead his troops into battle on the longest day: Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. And that’s just the way it is.
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George Washington First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen! George Washington, one of our greatest presidents, was instrumental in setting the country on a strong path of freedom! By: Mike McCann | 5 / 5 | 36 days ago. GW had alife force. He was determined to win the war, determined to have a democracy.
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Grant the World Leader General Grant may perhaps be considered the first true “world leader” and was viewed by most people abroad as, “The Hero of Freedom” or “The King of America.” The feeling people had about Grant can be summed up best by the words of Lord Provost on Sep. 13, 1877 in front of 50 thousand people, “Grant had proved himself the Wellington of America .
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- Expressed in his own words, here is Lincoln’s most luminous leadership insight by far: In order to win a man to your cause, you must first reach his heart, the great high road to his reason.. Mark C. Crowley is the author of Lead From The Heart: Transformational Leadership For The 21st Century.e was bigger than his country—bigger than all the Presidents together… and as a great character, he will live as long as the world lives.—Leo Tolstoy, 1909. The greatness of Napoleon, Caesar or Washington is only moonlight to the sun of Lincoln.
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Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant. In 1865, as commanding general, Ulysses S. Grant led the Union Armies to victory over the Confederacy in the American Civil War. As an American hero, Grant was later elected the 18th President of the United States (1869–1877), working to implement Congressional Reconstruction and to remove the vestiges of slavery.
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Historical rankings of presidents of the United States Historical rankings of Presidents of the United States. In the 1920s, sculptor Gutzon Borglum and President Calvin Coolidge selected George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln to appear on Mount Rushmore. It has become an iconic symbol of presidential greatness.
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Biography of George Washington George Washington – first American president, commander of the Continental Army, president of the Constitutional Convention, and gentleman planter. These were the roles in which Washington exemplified character and leadership.
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Republican Presidents of the United States The first of the Republican Presidents was Abraham Lincoln who took office on May 4th, 1861. As America’s 16th president, he is most famous for leading the nation through its worst internal conflict, the Civil War.
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America's Worst President Ever (Recommended: America's 5 Worst Wartime Presidents) In the realm of commission failure, three presidents come to mind—Woodrow Wilson, Richard Nixon and George W. Bush.
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The 8 Presidents With The Most Badass Military Records 8. George H.W. Bush. The last president to have a badass military record was George H.W. Bush, who upon his graduation from Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, deferred his admission to Yale University and accepted a commission as an ensign in the U.S. Navy.
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Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was one of the greatest presidents in American history. He helped end slavery and stopped America from breaking apart in the Civil War (1861-1865). He was also the first president to be murdered in office.
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Patton's Career A Brilliant One By THE NEW YORK TIMES. Gen. George Smith Patton Jr. was one of the most brilliant soldiers in American history. Audacious, unorthodox and inspiring, he led his troops to great victories in North Africa, Sicily and on the Western Front. Nazi generals admitted that of all American field commanders he was the one they most feared.
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- These early presidents, and indeed most of their successors, made America great not because they built walls, but because they relied on us, the people, to build strong faith, strong families, strong institutions, and a culture of individualism–not dependence, a culture of creativity–not meaningless consumption.
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Top Ten US Generals Ulysses Simpson Grant was the 18th President and a Civil War hero. He was born Hiram Ulysses Grant on April 27, l822, in Point Pleasant, Ohio. Due to a Congressman's error, he entered West Point as Ulysses S. and kept the name. He graduated from West Point in 1843, and was the first President to do so.
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Dutch Americans George W. Bush. Theodore Roosevelt became the 26th US President (1901-1909) after the assassination of President William McKinley. Nicknamed Teddy, he was one of the most popular and important Presidents ever to serve in the Chief Executive Office.
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10 Leadership Lessons from George Washington The American soldiers knew Washington would not ask them to do something he himself would not do. So they bled for him. And birthed a brand new country. Washington was the catalyst for modern day freedom and the embodiment of a great leader. Here are 10 leadership lessons from George Washington: 1. He believed in his men:
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Top Ten Worst World Leaders Top 10 Worst United States Presidents. The Top Ten. 1 Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th president of the United States of America. He was elected in 2008 after serving in the Senate from 2005-08, beating John McCain and becoming the first African-American to be elected President of the United States. He was elected again in 2012, beating Mitt Romney.
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- President Ulysses S. Grant was a great military leader, and an  honest President of the United States. However, Grant's presidency  was clouded by disgrace and dishonesty. G…rant was slow to realize  that some persons who pretended to be his friends could not be  trusted.
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- Presidents of the United States: Andrew Jackson. Old Hickory, as Andrew Jackson came to be known, rode into office on a landslide of popular sentiment, winning 55% of the popular vote in an election where 60% of the total population showed up.
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The 10 Smartest (and the Dumbest) Presidents in Americaâs History How do you judge a president’s intelligence? One way is by observing his behavior, and by that standard, Warren Harding, America’s 29th president, on the short list as America’s worst president, was hands down our dumbest Commander-in-Chief. Harding was an indifferent senator who became a detached president.
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- 35th President - John F. Kennedy (First Boy Scout to be President - Star Scout) 38th President - Gerald Ford (First and only Eagle Scout so far) 42nd President - William Jefferson (Bill) Clinton (Cub Scout) 43rd President - George W. Bush (Cub Scout)