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Henry Clay
American
Statesman
About the author
Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.
Henry Clay,
American
Statesman
#Character
#Men
If you wish to avoid foreign collision, you had better abandon the ocean.
Henry Clay,
American
Statesman
#Ocean
Statistics are no substitute for judgment.
Henry Clay,
American
Statesman
#Judgment
#Statistics
Of all human powers operating on the affairs of mankind, none is greater than that of competition.
Henry Clay,
American
Statesman
#Mankind
#Competition
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.
Henry Clay,
American
Statesman
I had rather be right than be President.
Henry Clay,
American
Statesman
#Right
#President
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.
Henry Clay,
American
Statesman
#People
#Government
#Trust
Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.
Henry Clay,
American
Statesman
#Character
#Heart
An oppressed people are authorized whenever they can to rise and break their fetters.
Henry Clay,
American
Statesman
#People
I would rather be right than President.
Henry Clay,
American
Statesman
#Right
#President
The Constitution of the United States was made not merely for the generation that then existed, but for posterity- unlimited, undefined, endless, perpetual posterity.
Henry Clay,
American
Statesman
#states
#United
#Constitution
#Posterity