What are the qualities of presidential leadership? What makes a president a great leader? The presidents were great leaders because they knew how to guide and to inspire the American People. The great presidents had leadership qualities such as possessing persistence like Lincoln, having resilience through education like Truman, demanding excellence like Kennedy, having sympathy or compassion like Lincoln, communicating and informing people like Reagan, being decisive like Grant the general, developing esteem like Franklin Roosevelt, having nerve or courage like Washington, practicing team leadership like Eisenhower, and finally sharing a vision like Thomas Jefferson. All these great presidents had these qualities as leaders that have transformed vision into reality.
             A quality most commonly associated with the president is leadership. A president must be able to lead the country. The president who comes to mind is Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln was a great man. He was honest,
             humble, and most of all: a great leader. He led in his early political days as well as leading the United States through the toughest time in our nation's history. Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which was extremely controversial; however, Lincoln held his ground, as all great leaders must. He stood up for what he believed in. He believed in the Constitution, the Bible, and the idea that all men are created equal.
             For a president to be successful, he needs to be ambitious. Also, the most successful presidents tend to be hard working and persistent. Presidents who succeed set ambitious goals for themselves and move heaven and earth to meet them. Lyndon B. Johnson was a very hard-working and ambitious president. Congress passed his proposals for increased federal aid to education, a cut in excise taxes, stronger safety measures for automobiles, and the establishment of two new executive departments-the Department of Housing and Urban D...