User blog comment:D.Ryan/Independance Day Question!/@comment-1330314-20110709184506

Abraham Lincoln. He wasn't afraid to make very, very unpopular decisions, and was one of the few Presidents who truly stood for American and its people and not some personal agenda. Had another come into office in his place the USA, and probably the rest of the world, would be a completely different place, and likely not a better one at that. Also, he invented Thanksgiving Day.