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.

Quote by Henry Clay

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If you wish to avoid foreign collision, you had better abandon the ocean.

If you wish to avoid foreign collision, you had better abandon the ocean.

Statistics are no substitute for judgment.

Statistics are no substitute for judgment.

I had rather be right than be President.

I had rather be right than be President.

Statistics are no substitute for judgment

Statistics are no substitute for judgment

Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized...

Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized...

The Constitution of the United States was made not merely for the generation that then...

The Constitution of the United States was made not merely for the generation that then...

Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the...

Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the...

Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees. And both the...

Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees. And both the...

Of all human powers operating on the affairs of mankind, none is greater than that...

Of all human powers operating on the affairs of mankind, none is greater than that...

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

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

The Constitution of the United States was made not merely for the generation that then...

The Constitution of the United States was made not merely for the generation that then...

I would rather be right than President.

I would rather be right than President.

I have heard something said about allegiance to the South. I know no South, no...

I have heard something said about allegiance to the South. I know no South, no...

Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees; and both the...

Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees; and both the...

A government-supported artist is an incompetent whore! Robert A.

A government-supported artist is an incompetent whore! Robert A.

Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that...

Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that...

Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.

Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.

It is the supreme test of a system of government whether its machinery is adequate...

It is the supreme test of a system of government whether its machinery is adequate...

Our best protection against bigger government in Washington is better government in the states.

Our best protection against bigger government in Washington is better government in the states.

Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and...

Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and...