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> [Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-clay/courtesies-of-a-small-and-trivial-character-are-the-ones-which-strike/)

[Henry Clay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-clay/)

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> [“Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the gratefully and appreciating heart.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-clay/courtesies-of-a-small-and-trivial-character-are-the-ones-which-strike-2/)

[Henry Clay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-clay/)

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## More by Henry Clay

> [“I hope that it will yet be said, America is America's best customer.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-clay/i-hope-that-it-will-yet-be-said-america-is-america-s-best-customer/)

[Henry Clay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-clay/)

> [The arts of power and its minions are the same in all countries and in all ages. It marks its victim; denounces it; and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-clay/the-arts-of-power-and-its-minions-are-the-same-in-all-countries-and/)

[Henry Clay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-clay/)

> [Political parties serve to keep each other in check, one keenly watching the other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-clay/political-parties-serve-to-keep-each-other-in-check-one-keenly/)

[Henry Clay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-clay/)

> [An oppressed people are authorized whenever they can to rise and break their fetters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-clay/an-oppressed-people-are-authorized-whenever-they-can-to-rise-and/)

[Henry Clay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-clay/)

> [In a scheme of policy which is devised for a nation, we should not limit our views to its operation during a single year,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-clay/in-a-scheme-of-policy-which-is-devised-for-a-nation-we-should-not/)

[Henry Clay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-clay/)

> [A nation's character is the sum of its splendid deeds; they constitute one common patrimony, the nation's inheritance. They awe foreign powers, they arouse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-clay/a-nation-s-character-is-the-sum-of-its-splendid-deeds-they-constitute/)

[Henry Clay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-clay/)

> [Precedents deliberately established by wise men are entitled to great weight. They are evidence of truth, but only evidence...But a solitary precedent...which has never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-clay/precedents-deliberately-established-by-wise-men-are-entitled-to-great/)

[Henry Clay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-clay/)

> [I have no commiseration for princes. My sympathies are reserved for the great mass of mankind ….](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-clay/i-have-no-commiseration-for-princes-my-sympathies-are-reserved-for/)

[Henry Clay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-clay/)

> [I had rather be right than be President.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-clay/i-had-rather-be-right-than-be-president/)

[Henry Clay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-clay/)

> [The Constitution of the United States was made not merely for the generation that then existed, but for posterity- unlimited, undefined, endless, perpetual posterity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-clay/the-constitution-of-the-united-states-was-made-not-merely-for-the/)

[Henry Clay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-clay/)

> [Honor and good faith and justice are equally due from this country toward the weak as toward the strong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-clay/honor-and-good-faith-and-justice-are-equally-due-from-this-country/)

[Henry Clay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-clay/)

> [The measure of the wealth of a nation is indicated by the measure of its protection of its industry; the measure of the poverty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-clay/the-measure-of-the-wealth-of-a-nation-is-indicated-by-the-measure-of/)

[Henry Clay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-clay/)

> [We have had good and bad Presidents, and it is a consoling reflection that the American Nation possesses such elements of prosperity that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-clay/we-have-had-good-and-bad-presidents-and-it-is-a-consoling-reflection/)

[Henry Clay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-clay/)

> [There is no power like oratory. Caesar controlled men by exciting their fears, Cicero by . . . swaying their passions. The influence of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-clay/there-is-no-power-like-oratory-caesar-controlled-men-by-exciting/)

[Henry Clay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-clay/)

> [I am not, sir, in favor of cherishing the passion of conquest. I am permitted ... to indulge the hope of seeing, ere long,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-clay/i-am-not-sir-in-favor-of-cherishing-the-passion-of-conquest-i-am/)

[Henry Clay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-clay/)

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