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11 Quotes for 'Henry Clay' in the Database.
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Henry Clay Quotes
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Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.
Topic: Advice / Experience / Wisdom
Source: None
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Of all human powers operating on the affairs of mankind, none is greater than that of competition.
Topic: Competition
Source: None
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Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.
Topic: Courtesy
Source: None
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Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the gratefully and appreciating heart. -Henry Clay (1777-1852).
Topic: Heart-quotes
Source: None
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I had rather be right than be President.
Topic: Miscellaneous
Source: None
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I have heard something said about allegiance to the South: I
know no South, no North, no East, no West, to which I owe any
allegiance.
Topic: Patriotism
Source: In the U.S. Senate
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There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with
what is right in America.
Topic: Patriotism
Source: In the U.S. Senate
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The gentleman [Josiah Quincy] cannot have forgotten his own
sentiment, uttered even on the floor of this House, "Peaceably if
we can, forcibly if we must."
Topic: Peace
Source: Speech--On the New Army Bill
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Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are
trustees; and both the trust and the trustees are created for the
benefit of the people.
Topic: Public Trust
Source: in a speech at Lexington
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An oppressed people are authorized whenever they can to rise and break their fetters.
Topic: Rebellion
Source: None
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Sir, I would rather be right than be President.
Topic: Right
Source: Speech--Referring to the Compromise Measure
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