We have to judge presidents not only by the long-term consequences of their actions but also by how they make citizens in their own day feel. One rea…

- David Greenberg

An old-timer is someone who can remember when a naughty child was taken to the woodshed instead of to a psychiatrist.

- David Greenberg

I find it hard to imagine that future historians will see the Iraq War as a big plus in Bush's ledger, but we have to admit that we simply don't know…

- David Greenberg

It's actually quite common for presidents to believe that future generations will render a verdict on their presidencies that is more lasting or defi…

- David Greenberg

Coolidge's preference for experience over ideas was a deeply rooted trait.

- David Greenberg

Presidents who restrict civil liberties, even in wartime, are usually judged harshly for it.

- David Greenberg

People should make distinctions between the office of the presidency and the person who occupies it. You can respect the office even as you lose resp…

- David Greenberg

One thing that does seem to me to be fairly consistent is that presidents who restrict civil liberties, even in wartime, are usually judged harshly f…

- David Greenberg

I'm hard pressed to give an example on the spot of a president who explicitly spoke of the vindication of history, but I'm confident that there are m…

- David Greenberg