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Henry Clay [1777-1852] American
Rank: 101
Statesman, Former United States Senator


Henry Clay, Sr. was an American lawyer and planter, statesman, and skilled orator who represented Kentucky in both the United States Senate and House of Representatives.

Government, Trust



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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.
101
If you wish to avoid foreign collision, you had better abandon the ocean.
102
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. Government, Trust
103
Of all human powers operating on the affairs of mankind, none is greater than that of competition.
104
Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.
105
Statistics are no substitute for judgment.
106
The Constitution of the United States was made not merely for the generation that then existed, but for posterity- unlimited, undefined, endless, perpetual posterity.
107
Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.
108
An oppressed people are authorized whenever they can to rise and break their fetters.
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I would rather be right than President.
110

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