He was one of the few great rulers whose wisdom increased with his power, and whose spirit grew gentler and tenderer as his triumphs were multiplied. – James A. Garfield

Posterity will talk of Washington as the founder of a great empire, when my name shall be lost in the vortex of revolution. – NapoleonI

He raised his hands, not to strike, but in benediction. Lincoln was the grandest figure of the fiercest civil war. He is the gentlest memory of our world. – Robert G. Ingersoll