February is the month when we celebrate the birth of three very influential presidents: Ronald Reagan (February 6), Abraham Lincoln (February 12), and George Washington (February 22). On February 20, we will also celebrate Presidents’ Day, and in preparation for that holiday, we should evaluate what makes a president great.
Ron Chernow, the author of a Pulitzer-Prize winning biography of George Washington, observed that “Washington realized that a leader should be neither too remote nor too familiar.” Chernow added: “They [the people] don’t need to like you–much less love you–but they need to respect you.”
Good point. We need to respect our presidents, which means we look at their actions, not just their words. Some presidents have catchy slogans like New Deal, Fair Deal, Great Society, and hope and change. But do those presidents deliver concrete results that protect American liberty and improve American lives? Often they do not.
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