Robert Higgs on the measure of a great president

My idea of a great president is one who acts in accordance with his oath of office to "preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States."  Not since the presidency of Grover Cleveland has any president achieved greatness by this standard.  Worse, the most admired have been those who failed most miserably.  Evidently my standard differs from that employed by others who judge presidential greatness.

~ Robert Higgs, "No More Great Presidents," The Free Market, March 1997

Grover Cleveland
1931