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“Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.” quote by Henry Clay — Download Open image

“Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.”

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“I hope that it will yet be said, America is America's best customer.”

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The arts of power and its minions are the same in all countries and in all ages. It marks its victim; denounces it; and…

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Political parties serve to keep each other in check, one keenly watching the other.

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An oppressed people are authorized whenever they can to rise and break their fetters.

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In a scheme of policy which is devised for a nation, we should not limit our views to its operation during a single year,…

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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…

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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…

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I have no commiseration for princes. My sympathies are reserved for the great mass of mankind ….

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I had rather be right than be President.

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The Constitution of the United States was made not merely for the generation that then existed, but for posterity- unlimited, undefined, endless, perpetual posterity.

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Honor and good faith and justice are equally due from this country toward the weak as toward the strong.

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The measure of the wealth of a nation is indicated by the measure of its protection of its industry; the measure of the poverty…

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