George Washington

The "Cincinnatus of the West" who led a ragtag army to victory and then, most remarkably, walked away from power. He was the indispensable man who gave the American experiment its character—not through his words, but through his restraint. He represents the "Sacrifice of Ambition," the leader who refused to be a king so that his people could be citizens. He is the crossing of the Delaware and the silent dignity of the first farewell.