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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.

Source: Speech at Ashland, Ky., March, 1829.
-- Henry Clay, (Apr 12 1777-1852), US politician, lawyer; He is remembered as the Great Pacificator; negotiated the Missouri Compromise of 1850.

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