The Constitution of the United States was made not merely for the generation that then existed, but for posterity- unlimited, undefined, endless, perpetual posterity.
- Henry Clay
Generation, United States, Perpetual
If you wish to avoid foreign collision, you had better abandon the ocean.
- Henry Clay
Wish, Better, Collision, Foreign
Of all human powers operating on the affairs of mankind, none is greater than that of competition.
- Henry Clay
Mankind, Than, Human Powers, Affairs
An oppressed people are authorized whenever they can to rise and break their fetters.
- Henry Clay
Break, Oppressed, Whenever, Authorized
Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.
- Henry Clay
Character, Belong, Which, Highly
I would rather be right than President.
- Henry Clay
Rather, Than, Would, President
Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.
- Henry Clay
Grateful, Small, Which, Courtesy
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.
- Henry Clay
Trust, Government, Created, Officers
Statistics are no substitute for judgment.
- Henry Clay
Judgment, Substitute, Statistics
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.
- Henry Clay
Which, South, North, Owe
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