To him was given the duty and responsibility of making that great classic of liberty, the Declaration of Independence, no longer an empty promise, but a glorious fulfillment. – William McKinley
Abraham Lincoln – the spirit incarnate of those who won victory in the Civil War – was the true representative of this people, not only for his own generation, but for all time, because he was a man among men. – Theodore Roosevelt
It was a very lonely spirit that looked out from underneath those shaggy brows and comprehended men without fully communing with them, as if in spite of all its genial efforts at comradeship, it dwelt apart, saw its visions of duty where no man looked on. – Woodrow Wilson
Let him who looks for a monument to Washington look around the United States. Your freedom, your independence, your national power, your prosperity, and your prodigious growth are a monument to him. – Louis Kossuth
George Washington is one of the beacons placed at intervals along the highroad of history. – Orestes Ferrara
More than all, and above all, Washington was master of himself. – Charles Francis Adams
His life was a hymn in praise of honor, uprightness, and patriotism. – Orestes Ferrara
He shaped and molded that office to the contours of his own heroic stature. – W.J. Cameron
Eternity alone can reveal to the human race its debt of gratitude to the peerless and immortal name of Washington. – James A. Garfield
Blot out from the page of history the names of all the great actors of his time in the drama of nations, and preserve the name of Washington, and the century would be renowned. – Chauncey M. Depew
Well hath he been called one of the architects of civilization. – Newell Dwight Hillis
He guided the passions of others, because he was master of his own. – Ebenezer Grant Marsh
One of the greatest captains of the age. – Benjamin Franklin
I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him “father.” – Will Rogers
Posterity will talk of Washington as the founder of a great empire, when my name shall be lost in the vortex of revolution. – NapoleonI
The great citizen, the first-born son of the New World. – Simón Bolívar
May it please Heaven that his example shall continue to serve as a beacon to our Republics in their darkest moments of doubt and adversity. – Jorge Ubico
I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man. – George Washington
In executing the duties of my present important station, I can promise nothing but purity of intentions, and, in carrying these into effect, fidelity and diligence. – George Washington
I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world. – George Washington
