Moustaches of Empire: John O'Sullivan

"And that claim is by the right of our manifest destiny to overspread and to possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given us for the development of the great experiment of liberty and federated self-government entrusted to us." - John L. O'Sullivan

You can't say something that ridiculous without having some variety of beard or moustache(s). I admit the glasses help to make his case as well.

-The Pogonologist