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Posted on 10/27/2015 1:48:04 PM PDT by ConfusedSwede
My favorites are Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Paine.
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To: ConfusedSwede
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posted on
10/27/2015 3:26:05 PM PDT
by
rhinohunter
(The Uniparty FEARS Trump -- but it HATES Cruz)
To: humblegunner
To: ConfusedSwede
Thomas Jefferson, George Washington and James Madison.
To: ConfusedSwede
You have to give it to Washington for one reason... he surrender power back to the people... twice...
At the end of the revolution as head of the Army
And as President.... setting the concept of 2 terms....
he had the popularity to put himself in power for life and he didn't ..
he kept giving it back to the people
Do you think any of the "want to be dictators" we have now would ever do that?... they want get away with and keep as much power as the can ....
so sad but Washington DC the city is the antithesis of Washington the man
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posted on
10/27/2015 3:34:37 PM PDT
by
tophat9000
(King G(OP)eorge III has no idea why the Americans Patr are in rebellion... teach him why)
To: the OlLine Rebel
John Adams cousin is an ancestor of mine, but that aside JA is very underrated and amazing. Most people have no idea.
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posted on
10/27/2015 3:57:07 PM PDT
by
Bellflower
(It's not that there isn't any evidence of God, it's that everything is evidence of God.)
To: ConfusedSwede
Washington - The Indispensable MAN!
Franklin - Sage & Seer - Would we have got France on our side without him?
John Adams - THE driving force for Independence!
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posted on
10/27/2015 3:57:28 PM PDT
by
SES1066
(Quality, Speed or Economical - Any 2 of 3 except in government - 1 at best but never #3!)
To: ConfusedSwede
George Washington and Patrick Henry.
To: ConfusedSwede
George Washington. He had guts and knew how to handle a
musket.
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posted on
10/27/2015 4:11:24 PM PDT
by
Twinkie
(JOHN 3:16)
To: ConfusedSwede
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posted on
10/27/2015 4:14:43 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
To: the OlLine Rebel
John Adams is very underrated. Possibly just because of theXYZ, and or alien/sedition act.Agreed. Adams is one of my favorites - on thing that really impresses me about him is that he, unlike Jefferson, had a very unfavorable impression of the French Revolution, almost from the outset.
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posted on
10/27/2015 4:16:53 PM PDT
by
awelliott
(What one generation tolerates, the next embraces....)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Second that, George Mason.
To: ConfusedSwede
Our Father, who art in heaven.
To: RegulatorCountry
Another history buff!
You would not believe the blank looks I usually get when I give that answer.
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posted on
10/27/2015 4:47:44 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
We have him to thank for the Bill Of Rights, when you get right down to it.
To: DaveyB
I think Abigail Adams was an amazing patriot, although not a “Father”. Couldn’t have done it without her.
To: ConfusedSwede
Benjamin Franklin. My Mother liked him so much she named me after him.
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posted on
10/27/2015 9:37:20 PM PDT
by
BBell
To: ConfusedSwede
George Washington and Samuel Adams
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posted on
10/27/2015 9:49:00 PM PDT
by
kalee
To: kalee
Rounding it out Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, and James Madison.
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posted on
10/27/2015 9:55:44 PM PDT
by
kalee
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Ben Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson -- but it's difficult to go wrong.
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posted on
10/31/2015 12:54:23 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: central_va
:-) I think you won the thread, imho, central_va. I tend toward the rowdy types, myself, but Thank God for those with the presence of mind to balance them out.
I don’t think I have a “favorite”. My first ‘favorite statesman’ is probably Nathan Bedford Forrest.
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posted on
10/31/2015 1:04:21 PM PDT
by
KGeorge
(Make America Great Again- Ahead of Schedule & Under Budget.)
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