George Washington

“I could clearly foresee that nothing but rooting out of slavery can perpetuate the existence of our union.” 

“I have always given it as my decided opinion that no nation had a right to intermeddle in the internal concerns of another; that everyone had a right to form and adopt whatever government they liked best to live under themselves.”

“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.”

“Labor to keep alive in your breast that spark of celestial fire called conscience.”

“Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair.”