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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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A great man stands on God. A small man stands on a great man.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Understanding Quote

To understand is hard. Once one understands, action is easy.

- Sun Yat-sen

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There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

- Epictetus

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Sometimes you have to get to know someone really well to realize you're really strangers.

- Mary Richards

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The strongest evidence of love is sacrifice.

- Caroline Fry

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