The Book of Eli
Cursed be the ground. For our sake. Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth
For us. For out of the ground we were taken for the dust we are. And to the dust we shall return.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHRwo48twyE
Washington brought an incredibly dignity to that role. Not sure who else could have pulled it off that well. Probably Daniel Day-Lewis, and that's about it.