"Of all the properties which belong to honorable……" — Henry Clay
"Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character."
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26 Quotes by Henry Clay
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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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An oppressed people are authorized whenever they can to rise and break their fetters.
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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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