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James David Barber Biography

James David Barber (July 31, 1930 – September 12, 2004) was a political scientist whose book The Presidential Character made him famous for his classification of presidents through their worldviews. From 1977 to 1995, he taught political science at Duke University.

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Trying to make the presidency work these days is like trying to sew buttons on a custard pie.

Buttons, Custard, Days, Pie, Trying

The Kennedy home was a place of much action and laughter, a lively, brawling mob of children overseen by a mother who knew when to look the other way.

Children, Laughter, Mother, Place

[The American public demands] a sense of legitimacy from and in the presidency. There is more to this than dignity, more than propriety. The president is expected to personify our betterness in an inspiring way, to express in what he does and is, not just what he says, a moral idealism which, in much of the public mind, is the very opposite of politics.

Express, Mind, Opposites, Personify, President, Propriety

Ronald Reagan is the first modern President whose contempt for the facts is treated as a charming idiosyncrasy.

Contempt, Facts, Firsts, Idiosyncrasy, President, Ronald

Alfred Nobel

Alfred Nobel

Gavin Turk

Gavin Turk

Milo Hamilton

Milo Hamilton

Ward Churchill

Ward Churchill

George B. Cortelyou

George B. Cortelyou

Rahsaan Roland Kirk

Rahsaan Roland Kirk

Dominicus Corea

Dominicus Corea

Giannis Ritsos

Giannis Ritsos

Len Wein

Len Wein

David D. Aitken

David D. Aitken

Stephen Leigh

Stephen Leigh

G-Dragon

G-Dragon