After they leave the White House, what should America do with our ex-presidents?
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Leaders come and go in America. But what's a former president to do after leaving the White House? Jared Cohen explores the engaging topic in an exclusive excerpt from his book, "Life After Power."
Leaders come and go. That’s what makes the system work. But what is a former president to do after being the leader of the free world? To Cleveland, the only thing worse than being a former president was having been president. The objectives the former president pursues vary more dramatically now than ever before. In a much lower office, John Quincy Adams found a much higher calling. Hoover railed against the New Deal for 12 years, shaping the rise of the modern conservative movement. His work elevates people often overlooked – from veterans to immigrants. Jared Cohen is the New York Times Bestselling author of Accidental Presidents: Eight Men Who Changed America, which is now out in paperback.
Even before George Washington’s Farewell Address, the Founding Fathers worried about former presidents. In Federalist 72, Alexander Hamilton wondered, "Would it promote the peace of the community or the stability of the government to have half a dozen men who had had credit enough to be raised to the seat of the supreme magistracy, wandering among the people like discontented ghosts?"
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