Lyndon Johnson, I know for a fact, was a great president. And I don't mean by that he was a great man.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The person I liked the best was Gerald R. Ford. He was the most decent man in politics I ever had any relationships with.
Jimmy Carter was - he still - he remains to this day America's most ex of ex-presidents. You just can't believe that we elected this doofus. He was a bright enough guy and sort of well-meaning. But he was about as prepared to be president of the United States as your goofy old uncle, you know, the one that memorises baseball statistics.
That was my choice at that time, and I still say Nixon was a great president. A very beautiful and wise man.
After the 1960s and '70s, there were real doubts about whether a mortal man could handle the country's highest office. It had destroyed Johnson, corrupted Nixon, and overwhelmed Ford and Carter.
My favourite president, and the one I admired most, was Harry Truman.
Lyndon Johnson faced some clear moral issues.
When he entered the Oval Office - by fate, not by design - Citizen Ford knew that he was not perfect, just as he knew he was not perfect when he left. But what president ever was?
Lyndon Johnson, as majority leader of the United States Senate, he made the Senate work.
So far as I'm concerned, Ronald Reagan was the best president. Nixon was the worst. Some of his policies were okay, but he disgraced the office.
I liked Kennedy. So far, he is the only American president who could talk with me and with whom I could talk. I know Johnson, but I have not yet a clear opinion of him.