Best Politician in History?

[Grumpy Cat]

Here are some more Trudeau quotes:

If you want to see me again, don't bring signs saying 'Trudeau is a pig' and don't bring signs that he hustles women, because I won't talk to you. I didn't get into politics to be insulted. And don't throw wheat at me either. If you don't stop that, I'll kick you right in the ass. - Said to a protester who threw food at him

Mangez de la merde. - Said to striking postal workers

Fuck off. - Said to an Opposition MP in the House of Commons

Oh, I don't know...fuddle-duddle or something like that. - Said to the media when asked about what he said to the Opposition MP

I've been called worse things by better people. - Said to Richard Nixon after he called him an asshole

The next time you see Jesus Christ, ask Him what happened to the just society He promised 2,000 years ago. - Said to a high school student who asked him about what happened to the just society he promised

I don't really know what a cyclotron is but I am certainly very happy Canada has one! - Said when visiting the TRIUMF cyclotron

Oh, for Christ's sake shut up. - Said to an NDP MP in the House of Commons.

Some things I never learned to like. I didn't like to kiss babies, though I didn't mind kissing their mothers - In his autobiography

It's not a perfect job, but it sure beats working. - on being Prime Minister

I can't give you too many kisses. The press are watching. Perhaps later. - Said to a female parliamentary intern

There are only two things I do in bed. One of them is sleep and I wouldn't let you photograph the other one. - Said to a journalist

Reporter: Will you give up the Mercedes?
Trudeau: Are you talking about the car now, or the girl?
Reporter: The car.
Trudeau: I won't give up either.

[Lulletje Rozewater]

Frederick Barbarossa and Catherine the Great

Catherine II of Russia


Frederick Barbarossa

[Treffie]

Absolutely definitely agreed! I had a poster of him in my locker in high school. Yep, this is how much I liked him--him and his politics.

I would add Margaret Thatcher. I don't know what other female politican wore pants so very well.

They don't make them like they used to President Mitterand once described her as beguiling. In a way, I suppose she was.

[Svanhild]

Otto von Bismarck

In the 19th century, he united Germany and made us strong and competitive.

[Cato]

Cruel and ruthless, but compassionate as well, quite moral. Out of chaos of late republic he created a functioning order and made Rome into a city of marble. Best to quote Anthony Everitt:
"Opposites do not have to be mutually exclusive, and we are not obliged to choose one or the other. The story of his career shows that Augustus was indeed ruthless, cruel, and ambitious for himself. This was only in part a personal trait, for upper-class Romans were educated to compete with one another and to excel. However, he combined an overriding concern for his personal interests with a deep-seated patriotism, based on a nostalgia of Rome's antique virtues. In his capacity as princeps, selfishness and selflessness coexisted in his mind. While fighting for dominance, he paid little attention to legality or to the normal civilities of political life. He was devious, untrustworthy, and bloodthirsty. But once he had established his authority, he governed efficiently and justly, generally allowed freedom of speech, and promoted the rule of law. He was immensely hardworking and tried as hard as any democratic parliamentarian to treat his senatorial colleagues with respect and sensitivity. He suffered from no delusions of grandeur."

Augustus may have been Caesar's political heir, but he's more Sulla-like than Caesar-like.

[Sol Invictus]

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[Eldritch]

Sometimes called the "greatest female ruler ever", which I find incredibly condescending and irrititating.

Elizabeth I was simply one of the greatest rulers ever, of either gender.

[julie]

Regan up

[The Lawspeaker]

Reagan was quite alright. But I would go for Johan de Witt. 17th century statesman and mathematician.





And Charlemagne. He united most of Europe under his banner and shaped the course of European history.
Some of his reforms (for instance the pound- are being used in various countries to this very day).


Even some of the buildings that were build during his rule survived the ages.

[Arrow Cross]

I'd add Adolf Hitler to the list. Nobody was as close to fundamentally and radically changing the whole world as him.