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Henry Clay
Courtesies of a...
Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the gratefully and appreciating...
There is no...
There is no power like oratory. Caesar controlled men by exciting their fears, Cicero by . . . swaying their passions....
Statistics are no...
Statistics are no substitute for judgment.
Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...
Let him who...
Let him who elevates himself above humanity . . . say, if he pleases, I will never compromise; but let no one who is...
Of all human...
Of all human powers operating on the affairs of mankind, none is greater than that of...
I have heard...
I have heard something said about allegiance to the South. I know no South, no North, no East, no West, to which I owe...
Of all the...
Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of...
Government is a...
Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees. And both the trust and the trustees are...
Sir, I would...
Sir, I would rather be right than be President.
Source: Speech, 1850 (referring to...
A man must...
A man must be a born fool who voluntarily engages in controversy with Mr. Adams on a question of fact. I doubt whether...