The Constitution of the United States was made not merely for the generation that then existed, but for posterity- unlimited, undefined, endless, perpetual posterity

Quote by Henry Clay

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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...

Statistics are no substitute for judgment

Statistics are no substitute for judgment

I would rather be right than President.

I would rather be right than President.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

I had rather be right than be President.

I had rather be right than be President.

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...

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.