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Who are the Great USA Presidents? President's Day Weekend is a time to reflect upon the great American Presidents. How did these U.S. presidents make a difference. How did they change the course of history? How did they shape an amazing future? Here are my Favorite Five American Presidents and their Best Quotes Abraham Lincoln    Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends. America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. I walk slowly, but I never walk backward. John F. Kennedy Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future . Things do not happen. Things are made to happen. Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other. Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. Ronald Reagan If we ever forget that we are One ...

Everyone needs a good laugh every so often. It's great to see that some U.S. presidents have demonstrated a great sense of humor, even self-deprecating at times. One president stands out though from all the jokesters: Ronald Reagan. He was the president when I moved to USA from India in 1987, and I have to say, the Great Communicator was really funny and inspiring. Here are 7 Classic Jokes made by U.S. Presidents in no particular order of their humor quotient: " In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a Congress ." - John Adams " My esteem in this country has gone up substantially. It is very nice now when people wave at me, they use all their fingers ." - Jimmy Carter " Did you ever think that making a speech on economics is a lot like pissing down your leg? It seems hot to you, but it never does to anyone else ." - Lyndon Johnson " Being president is like running a c...

Happy Memorial Day 2013! "It is, in a way, an odd thing to honor those who died in defense of our country in wars far away. The imagination plays a trick. We see these soldiers in our mind as old and wise. We see them as something like the Founding Fathers, grave and gray-haired. But most of them were boys when they died, they gave up two lives -- the one they were living and the one they would have lived. When they died, they gave up their chance to be husbands and fathers and grandfathers. They gave up their chance to be revered old men. They gave up everything for their county, for us. All we can do is remember." -- President Ronald Wilson Reagan Remarks at Veteran's Day ceremony, Arlington National Cemetery November 11, 1985 "I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim Memorial Day, May 27, 2013, as a day of prayer for permanent peace, and I designate the hour beginning in each locality at 11:00 a.m. of that day as a time to u...