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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. ”

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

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Their disappearance from the human family would be no great loss to the world.

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Sir, I would rather be right than to be President.

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Sir, I had rather be right than to be President.

~ Henry Clay

Henry Clay Patriotism Principles