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Brief author info: Henry Clay (1777-1852) American statesman.

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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.

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I would rather be right than be President.

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Political parties serve to keep each other in check, one keenly watching the other.

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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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I know no South, no North, no East, no West, to which I owe any allegiance. The Union, sir, is my country.

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All oppressed people are authorized, whenever they can, to rise and break their fetters.

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It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.

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Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friends.

- John Lennon

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Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.

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I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.

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Everything you can imagine is real.

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