Quotes by Henry Clay

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“One doesn't defend one's god; one's god is in himself a defense.””

“Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.””

“Maybe I only thought I was in love. Maybe I was simply hungry, lonely, a clay pigeon any one could put away with a toy pistol.””

“Recognize at all times the paramount right of your Country to your most devoted services, whether she treat you ill or well, and never let selfish views or interests predominate over the duties of patriotism.””

“Sir, I would rather be right than to be President.””

“Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels, not of trade, but of thought. Every man is the lord of a realm beside which the earthly empire of the Czar is but a petty state, a hummock left by the ice. Yet some can be patriotic who have no self-respect, and sacrifice the greater to the less. They love the soil which makes their graves, but have no sympathy with the spirit which may still animate their clay. Patriotism is a maggot in their heads.””

“I hope that it will yet be said, America is America's best customer.””

“An oppressed people are authorized whenever they can to rise and break their fetters.””