William Gaston

William J. Gaston (September 19, 1778 – January 23, 1844) bụ ọkàiwu na onye nnọchi anya United States si North Carolina. Ọ bụ onye edemede nke egwu steeti North Carolina, The Old North State.

Okwu ndi okwuru

It is Slavery which, more than any other cause, keeps us back in the career of improvement. It stifles industry and represses enterprize—it is fatal to economy and providence—it discourages skill—impairs our strength as a community, and poisons morals at the fountain head.

• Ka obodo gị na-etolite n'afọ, ị ga-emerịrị ka ọ too na sayensị, akwụkwọ, nka na nchacha. Ọ ga-abụ maka ịzụlite na ịba ụba akụ ya, ịlele mmejọ nke omume ka ha na-ebili, na ịkwalite ọrụ nke ụlọ ọrụ, obi ike, imeru ihe n'ókè, ikpe ziri ezi, omume na okpukpe, gburugburu gị. N'ahụ gị kwa, a ga-ewepụ ọrụ ahụ nke a na-eleghara anya ogologo oge, ma nke na-enweghị n'enwetaghị ntaramahụhụ ga-eleghara anya ogologo oge, na-enye maka mbelata, na (ọ bụ ihe dị ukwuu na-atụ anya na North-Carolina?) Ị maara nke ọma ihe m na-ezo aka, n'ihi na n'isiokwu a, e nwere, anyị niile, na-enwe mmetụta na-adịghị mma nke na-enye ịdọ aka ná ntị ọbụna maka ịbịaru ya nso. Gbanwee eziokwu dị ka anyị nwere ike, tụfuo ụta n'ebe anyị ga-achọ, ọ bụ Ịgba Ohu nke, karịa ihe ọ bụla ọzọ, na-eme ka anyị laghachi azụ n'ọrụ nkwalite. Ọ na-egbochi ụlọ ọrụ ma na-akụda azụmaahịa - ọ na-egbu akụ na ụba na inye ihe - ọ na-akụda nka - na-emebi ike anyị dị ka obodo, na-emebi omume ọma n'isi isi iyi. Kedu ka a ga-esi zute ihe ọjọọ a, ka e wedara ya ala, bụ n'ezie ajụjụ siri ike ma dị nro, nke na-abụghị oge iji nyochaa, ma ọ bụ oge iji kwurịta. Agbanyeghị, enwere m mmetụta na enweghị m ike ịrụ ọrụ m, na-ezoghị aka na isiokwu a, dị ka nke kwesịrị itinye uche na nkwubi okwu na nkwụsi ike nke ndị, n'oge na-adịghị anya, ga-emerịrị mkpebi na ya.

"Ochie North State"

Tho' too true to themselves e'er to crouch to oppression,
Who can yield to just rule a more loyal submission?

• Carolina! Carolina! Ngọzi eluigwe na-abịara ya!
  Mgbe anyị na-adị ndụ, anyị ga-ahụ ya n'anya ma hụ ya n'anya ma chebe ya;
  Ọ bụ ezie na onye na-akwa emo nwere ike ịkwa ya emo, na ndị na-akwa emo na-akparị ya,
  Obi anyị na-ejukwa ọṅụ mgbe ọ bụla anyị kpọrọ ya aha.
  • Anakọtara na hazie site n'aka Oriakụ E. E. Randolph na 1926, wee nakweere dị ka abụ gọọmentị nke steeti North Carolina site na Mgbakọ General nke 1927 ( Iwu ọha, 1927, c. 26); "The State Symbols", State Library of North Carolina (January 22, 2009)