America Quote by Hunter S. Thompson

George McGovern, for all his mistakes... understands what a fantastic monument to all the best instincts of the human race this country might have…

— Hunter S. Thompson

In my idea General Washington is the greatest man; for I look upon him as the most virtuous.

— Marquis de Lafayette

Washington and Lincoln mean as much to us as any two men could mean to a civilization, a people, and age, but I told…

— Gutzon Borglum

Protecting all this land, working with the President to establish all these monuments, to, you know... I think the President has a land protection…

— Bruce Babbitt

I think there's no doubt that George Washington was the most important American to this time.

— Kevin Gutzman

I think he [President Clinton] was probably the brightest President of the 20th century.

— Martin Sheen

He is the purest figure in history. About George Washington

— William E. Gladstone

Abraham Lincoln was, in my judgment, in many respects, the grandest man ever President of the United States. Upon his monument these words should…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

Measured by any standard, white or black, Washington must be regarded today as one of the great men of this country: and in the…

— Ray Stannard Baker

Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton both had exceptional natural abilities. Nelson Rockefeller was very good statewide but never gained national traction.

— Henry Kissinger

You think of George Washington, this man who was larger than life, and in some ways he was. But at the same time, he's…

— Benjamin Walker

Joe McGinniss will be remembered as a talented man. He changed political writing forever in 1968. We differed on many things, but he had…

— Roger Ailes