North America
- Province of Canada: Sir Edmund Walker Head, Governor of the Province of Canada (1854–1861)
- Costa Rica - Juan Rafael Mora Porras, President of Costa Rica (1849–1859)
- Nicaragua - William Walker (1856–1857)
- Mexico: Ignacio Comonfort, President of Mexico (1855–1857)
- United States:
- Franklin Pierce, President of the United States (1853–1857)
- James Buchanan, President of the United States (1857–1861)
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“The compulsion to do good is an innate American trait. Only North Americans seem to believe that they always should, may, and actually can choose somebody with whom to share their blessings. Ultimately this attitude leads to bombing people into the acceptance of gifts.”
—Ivan Illich (b. 1926)
“So-called Western Civilization, as practised in half of Europe, some of Asia and a few parts of North America, is better than anything else available. Western civilization not only provides a bit of life, a pinch of liberty and the occasional pursuance of happiness, it’s also the only thing that’s ever tried to. Our civilization is the first in history to show even the slightest concern for average, undistinguished, none-too-commendable people like us.”
—P.J. (Patrick Jake)