Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

Like Lincoln he sought after the noblest objects, and like Lincoln he sought after them by thoroughly practical methods.

Among Washington's maxims which he bequeathed to his country men were the two following: 'Observe good faith and justice toward all nations,...

As a nation we have had our full share of great men, but the two men of pre-eminent greatness who, as the centuries go on, will surely loom ...

Again Washington said: 'Cherish public credit.'