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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»
Author: Henry Clay
(Statesman)
| About:
America and Americans,
Constitution
| Keywords:
Constitution of the, Constitution of the United, Constitution of the United States, existed, posterity, undefined, United States Constitution, unlimited
«I would rather be right than President»
Author: Henry Clay
(Statesman)
«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»
«Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart»
«Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.»
«An oppressed people are authorized whenever they can to rise and break their fetters.»
Author: Henry Clay
(Statesman)
| Keywords:
authorize, authorized, authorizes, authorizing, fetter, fettered, fetters, oppressed
«Yes, sir, from Constantinople, or from the Brazil; from Turk or Christian; from black or white; from the dey of Algiers or the bey of Tunis; from the devil himself, if he wore a crown, we should receive a minister»
Author: Henry Clay
(Statesman)
| Keywords:
Algiers, bey, Constantinople, minister, Tunis, Turk, Turks, wore
«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.»
Author: Henry Clay
(Statesman)