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> [“Recognize at all times the paramount right of your Country to your most devoted services, whether she treat you ill or well, and never let selfish views or interests predominate over the duties of patriotism.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-clay/recognize-at-all-times-the-paramount-right-of-your-country-to-your/)

[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/)

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