Listed below are my "most admired" people. None are perfect. I don't agree with everything they said or did. Nonetheless, these are my "heroes." The reasons for selecting some are obvious and cannot list all of the contributions of any. Except for Lincoln, the order of presentation does not reflect degree of admiration.
1. ABRAHAM LINCOLN: Consistently voted #1 or at least top 10 President by most historians and political scientists. Greatest presidential orator. Got the nation through its greatest crisis.
2. MARTIN LUTHER KING: Leader of the black civil rights movement, took great risks for freedom and equality.
3. WINSTON CHURCHILL: Got Britain through its greatest crisis, great orator.
4. THOMAS JEFFERSON: Primary author of the Declaration of Independence
5. JAMES MADISON: Established basics of U.S. Constitution
6. GEORGE WASHINGTON: Military leader who overcame great odds, established valuable non-authoritarian precedents for the Presidency
7. EARL WARREN: Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Led the Court in expanding freedom and rights for defendants.
8. DON B. KATES, Jr: Attorney and author. One of the widely published leaders of the movement to recognize an individual right under the Second Amendment.
9. STEPHEN P. HALBROOK: Attorney and author. One of the widely published leaders of the movement to recognize an individual right under the Second Amendment.
10. WILLIAM J. BRENNAN: Supreme Court Justice, strong advocate for individual rights.
11, NELSON MANDELA: South African and international civil rights great.
12. ALAN GURA, Attorney for gun owners who won both U.S. Supreme Court Second Amendment cases (Heller and McDonald) and who also has a number of lower court Second Amendment victories.
13. U.S. Supreme Court Justice ANTHONY KENNEDY. The closest thing to a real "judge," and to a "cautious libertarian." Votes with either the liberals or conservatives to expand constitutional rights. His major blind-spot is the exclusionary rule.
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