Henry Clay Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

12 Famous Quotes by Henry Clay
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“Statistics are no substitute for judgment”
Statistics Quotes
“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.”
Patriotism Quotes
Source: In the U.S. Senate
“There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America.”
Patriotism Quotes
Source: In the U.S. Senate
“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."”
Peace Quotes
Source: Speech--On the New Army Bill
“Sir, I would rather be right than be President.”
Right Quotes
Source: Speech--Referring to the Compromise Measure
“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.”
Public trust Quotes
Source: in a speech at Lexington
“Of all human powers operating on the affairs of mankind, none is greater than that of competition.”
Competition Quotes
“Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.”
Advice / experience / wisdom Quotes
“Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.”
Courtesy Quotes
“Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the gratefully and appreciating heart. -Henry Clay (1777-1852).”
Heart-quotes Quotes
“An oppressed people are authorized whenever they can to rise and break their fetters.”
Rebellion Quotes
“I had rather be right than be President.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
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