North America
- Province of Canada:
- Sir Edmund Walker Head, Governor of the Province of Canada (1854–1861)
- The Viscount Monck of Ballytrammon, Governor of the Province of Canada (1861–1867)
- Confederate States of America - Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America (1861–1865)
- Costa Rica - José María Montealegre Fernández, President of Costa Rica (1859–1863)
- Mexico: Benito Juárez, President of Mexico (1861–1863)
- United States of America:
- James Buchanan, President of the United States (1857–1861)
- Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States (1861–1865)
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Famous quotes related to north america:
“Civilization does not engross all the virtues of humanity: she has not even her full share of them. They flourish in greater abundance and attain greater strength among many barbarous people. The hospitality of the wild Arab, the courage of the North American Indian, and the faithful friendships of some of the Polynesian nations, far surpass any thing of a similar kind among the polished communities of Europe.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)
“The North American system only wants to consider the positive aspects of reality. Men and women are subjected from childhood to an inexorable process of adaptation; certain principles, contained in brief formulas are endlessly repeated by the press, the radio, the churches, and the schools, and by those kindly, sinister beings, the North American mothers and wives. A person imprisoned by these schemes is like a plant in a flowerpot too small for it: he cannot grow or mature.”
—Octavio Paz (b. 1914)
“New York is a meeting place for every race in the world, but the Chinese, Armenians, Russians, and Germans remain foreigners. So does everyone except the blacks. There is no doubt but that the blacks exercise great influence in North America, and, no matter what anyone says, they are the most delicate, spiritual element in that world.”
—Federico García Lorca (1898–1936)