He is one of those giant figures, of whom there are very few in history, who lose their nationality in death. – David Lloyd George

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

More than all, and above all, Washington was master of himself. – Charles Francis Adams

Conformity is that jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth. – John F. Kennedy