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

Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind. – John F. Kennedy, 1961

I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations. – James Madison, speech, Virginia Convention, 1788

Leadership: the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. – Dwight D. Eisenhower