Those who wish well to the State ought to choose to places of trust men of inward principle justified by exemplary conversation.

Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly profound and original insights are to be found only in studying the exemplary.

Before you I engage myself to serve my country with the devotion and the exemplary that this post demands. I understand responsibilities of the job and as such I give a republican salute to Nicolas Sarkozy who has led France for 5 years and who deserves all of our respect.

Jackie Robinson as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality he was exemplary.