Robert Kahn

Right or wrong, people in our country and others view the president of the United States as a symbol of the nation and our values.

George Washington was admired around the world, even by the nation he defeated.

Abraham Lincoln was our greatest president, though he was assassinated just six weeks into his second term.

FDR saved poor people from starvation and helped pull the country out of the Great Depression, then presided over victory in the worst war in the history of the world, with Ike in charge of the Allied armies.

Kennedy made the country feel young again.

LBJ showed that even a Southerner knew that government-backed racist terror had to stop.

Nixon showed us the seamy side of our politics, which he epitomized but did not create.

Jimmy Carter showed that impecca

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