Which famous historical figure would you most want to eat dinner with? What would you ask him or her?

I actually would rather eat dinner with a common person from every 50 years in history.  I would like to know what his or her daily life is like, his or her opinion on the establishment, and his or her opinion on things like religion and politics. Mainly, I'd want to know what was important to him or her.

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What a wonderful world

Abraham Lincoln would be mine :-)  The original Republican.

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Not as bad as you think

 I think I would want to sit down and have dinner with Winston Churchill just to find out what the man was thinking on a random night.  Most of the time people think about the really heavy stuff in their life during meals because it is the one time they have to stop working. 

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Finding my muse