Henry Clay Quotes

• The Constitution of the United States was made not merely for the generation that then existed, but for posterity- unlimited, undefined, endless, perpetual posterity.

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• Statistics are no substitute for judgment.

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• Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.

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• Of all human powers operating on the affairs of mankind, none is greater than that of competition.

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• If you wish to avoid foreign collision, you had better abandon the ocean.

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• I would rather be right than President.

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• I have heard something said about allegiance to the South. I know no South, no North, no East, no West, to which I owe any allegiance.

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• Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.

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• An oppressed people are authorized whenever they can to rise and break their fetters.

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• Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees. And both the trust and the trustees are created for the benefit of the people.

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• The arts of power and its minions are the same in all countries and in all ages. It marks its victim; denounces it; and excites the public odium and the public hatred, to conceal its own abuses and encroachments.

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Henry Clay (11)

Birth:	12th April, 1777
Death:	29th June, 1852
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Politician

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Henry Clay, Sr. was born in Hanover County, Virginia, USA. He was an American politician who represented Kentucky in both the United States Senate and House of Representatives. He served three non-consecutive terms as Speaker of the House of Representatives and served as Secretary of State under President John Quincy Adams from 1825 to 1829.

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