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Huan Yi Member Ascendant
since 2004-10-12
Posts 6688Waukegan 
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. At what point in American history did Presidents become executives not to be trusted and instead those to be suspected of malicious intent? . |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
For me....it started with Nixon, maybe even Johnson. But I heard relatives complain about what FDR did. Probably started back with Woodrow Wilson or who maybe even Lincoln. Certainly, the Southerners were not happy with his politics. Isn't it a given that power is not to be trusted....ever? |
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rwood Member Elite
since 2000-02-29
Posts 3793Tennessee |
From the beginning, Washington #1:"Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism." Which doesn't exclude presidents & I'm sure many feel the General's wig was crooked (but he didn't wear one). & "Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force...Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action." Presently, some get 4 more years & or a pardon from it all. Imagine that. Adams #2: "There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty." I wonder why he wasn't well loved.*sarc* Jefferson #3: "Free government is founded in jealousy, not confidence.... Let no more be heard of confidence in men, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitutions." & "I know of no safe repository of the ultimate power of society but the people…" Ya gotta give Jefferson the charismatic medal of eloquence in his offerings. & one of my my favorite quotes on politics, in general, comes from President Adams' Great-grandson, Henry Brooks Adams--the U.S. Historian. "Politics, as a practise, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds." all on wikiquote. I would think that most begin building a portfolio on presidents' mal-intent when they fail to stand up to their word. U.S. Presidents should come into office with an absolute knowledge that they better be A People of Their Word or else suffer a loss of trust from those they lead. Human to human relationships, friend to friend, requires such, why would it not be expected from POTUS? |
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