I had rather be right than be President.

Quote by Henry Clay

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I would rather be right than President.

I would rather be right than President.

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...

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...

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...

Statistics are no substitute for judgment

Statistics are no substitute for judgment

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

American liberty is premised on the accountability of free men and women for what they...

American liberty is premised on the accountability of free men and women for what they...

Vermont's a place where barns come painted / Red as a strong man's heart, Where...

Vermont's a place where barns come painted / Red as a strong man's heart, Where...

America is a mistake, a giant mistake.

America is a mistake, a giant mistake.

People, when they first come to America, whether as travelers or settlers, become aware of...

People, when they first come to America, whether as travelers or settlers, become aware of...

Remember and help America remember that the fellowship of human beings is more important than...

Remember and help America remember that the fellowship of human beings is more important than...

There are more pompous, arrogant, self-centered mediocre people running corporate America Their judgments and misjudgments...

There are more pompous, arrogant, self-centered mediocre people running corporate America Their judgments and misjudgments...

Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control...

Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control...