The great advantage of our system of government over all others, is, that we have a written constitution, defining its limits, and prescribing its authorities; and that, however, for a time, faction may convulse the nation, and passion and party… — Henry Clay Copy Share Image
The arts of power and its minions are the same in all countries and in all ages. It marks its victim; denounces it; and… — Henry Clay Copy Share Image
Political parties serve to keep each other in check, one keenly watching the other. — Henry Clay Copy Share Image
An oppressed people are authorized whenever they can to rise and break their fetters. — Henry Clay Copy Share Image
In a scheme of policy which is devised for a nation, we should not limit our views to its operation during a single year,… — Henry Clay Copy Share Image
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… — Henry Clay Copy Share Image
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… — Henry Clay Copy Share Image
I have no commiseration for princes. My sympathies are reserved for the great mass of mankind …. — Henry Clay Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Honor and good faith and justice are equally due from this country toward the weak as toward the strong. — Henry Clay Copy Share Image
The measure of the wealth of a nation is indicated by the measure of its protection of its industry; the measure of the poverty… — Henry Clay Copy Share Image
