"I'd rather be right than President." — Henry Clay

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26 Quotes by Henry Clay

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Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.
The Constitution of the United States was made not merely for the generation that then existed, but for posterity- unlimited,…
Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees. And both the trust and the trustees are…
I have heard something said about allegiance to the South. I know no South, no North, no East, no West,…
Statistics are no substitute for judgment.
Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.
All religions united with government are more or less inimical to liberty. All, separated from government, are compatible with liberty.
The arts of power and its minions are the same in all countries and in all ages. It marks its…
The time will come when winter will ask what you were doing all summer.
An oppressed people are authorized whenever they can to rise and break their fetters.
A nation's character is the sum of its splendid deeds; they constitute one common patrimony, the nation's inheritance. They awe…
There is no power like oratory. Caesar controlled men by exciting their fears, Cicero by . . . swaying their…

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More Ethics Quotes

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The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold. — Aristotle
Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, 'Make me feel… — Mary Kay Ash
Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right. — Isaac Asimov
Ethics are not necessarily to do with being law-abiding. I am very interested in the moral path, doing the right… — Kate Atkinson
I want to be very close to someone I respect and admire and have somebody who feels the same way… — Richard Bach
Respect is what we owe; love, what we give. — Philip James Bailey
Great necessities call out great virtues. — Abigail Adams
I like Cinderella, I really do. She has a good work ethic. I appreciate a good, hard-working gal. And she… — Amy Adams
What I respect in people more than anything is work ethic. And Justin Timberlake's got that. He works his tail… — Amy Adams
You do not know our culture, our ethics, or the unwritten codes that already provide our society more order than… — John Perry Barlow
Morality is a private and costly luxury. — Henry Adams

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