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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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To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.

- Brandi Snyder

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I have feelings too. I am still human. All I want is to be loved, for myself and for my talent.

- Marilyn Monroe

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A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left.

- Marilyn Monroe

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Love is being stupid together.

- Paul Valery

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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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