People from our past we still hold in awe today

George Washington - he wrote the POTUS book & then just about everybody after him thought it was a coloring book

Jesus. He gave his live for our sins.

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People from our past we still hold in awe today

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I'd agree with Reagan as well. The "tear down this wall" moment is something that will stick with me forever.

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Don Herbert from Mr. Wizard's World.

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Oh yeah.. I started watching him in the 50's.

Nikola Tesla

The dude invented the twentieth century. If his time were the present, we'd be flying around the galaxy right now.

General George S. Patton. He was an amazing general and left quotes that just about every man should live by:
"A good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan next week."

"A good solution applied with vigor now is better than a perfect solution applied ten minutes later."

"America loves a winner, and will not tolerate a loser, this is why America has never, and will never, lose a war."

"A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood."

"By perseverance, study, and eternal desire, any man can become great."

"Do everything you ask of those you command."

"Do more than is required of you."

"Fixed fortifications are monuments to man's stupidity."

"Good tactics can save even the worst strategy. Bad tactics will destroy even the best strategy."

"I always believe in being prepared, even when I'm dressed in white tie and tails."

"If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking."

"If I do my full duty, the rest will take care of itself."

"In case of doubt, attack."

"It’s the unconquerable soul of man, not the nature of the weapon he uses, that insures victory."

"Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way. "

"Live for something rather than die for nothing."

"May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't."

"Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men."

Have you ever read the Patton Papers Vol. I-III by Martin Blumenson? I read them when I was around 18, and I loved those books. It gave you real insight into the man. Most of it was his own diary he kept from a very young age.

Mr. Rogers