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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 man keeps another's secret better than he does his own. A woman, on the other hand, keeps her own better than another's.

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Never have a companion who casts you in the shade.

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It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.

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Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.

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