"An oppressed people are authorized whenever they can……" — Henry Clay
"An oppressed people are authorized whenever they can to rise and break their fetters."
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26 Quotes by Henry Clay
Henry Clay has 26 quotes on this site.
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Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.
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The Constitution of the United States was made not merely for the generation that then existed, but for posterity- unlimited,…
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Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees. And both the trust and the trustees are…
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I have heard something said about allegiance to the South. I know no South, no North, no East, no West,…
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Statistics are no substitute for judgment.
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Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.
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All religions united with government are more or less inimical to liberty. All, separated from government, are compatible with liberty.
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The arts of power and its minions are the same in all countries and in all ages. It marks its…
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The time will come when winter will ask what you were doing all summer.
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I'd rather be right than President.
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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…
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There is no power like oratory. Caesar controlled men by exciting their fears, Cicero by . . . swaying their…
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All of these reissues were not authorized by me, I do not endorse them, the live album was put out…
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As the most extravagant errors were received among the established articles of their faith, so the most infamous vices obtained…
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We must sometimes get away from the Authorized Version, if for no other reason, simply because it is so beautiful…
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To be governed is to be watched, inspected, spied upon, directed, law-ridden, regulated, penned up, indoctrinated, preached at, checked, appraised,…
— Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
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The Congress of the United States, in recognition of the unique contribution of the Bible in shaping the history and…
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Notwithstanding, therefore, that we have not witnessed of a large continent, yet, as we may predict the future occurrence of…
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Life's opportunities never end. God designed you to be a continual learner, a continual doer, a continual explorer and a…
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First reason is, it's not authorized in the Constitution, it's an illegal institution. The second reason, it's an immoral institution,…
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Internal self-government under a local constitution was authorized by Congress and approved by the residents in 1952, but federal law…
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A constitution defines and limits the powers of the government it creates. It therefore follows, as a natural and also…
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All I am saying is that anyone can do this. Anyone can ask and anyone can bless, whether anyone has…
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No woman should be authorized to stay at home and raise her children. Society should be totally different. Women should…
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