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

I would rather be right than President.
Henry Clay

I had rather be right than be President.
Henry Clay

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.
Henry Clay

I have heard something said about allegiance to the South. I know no South, no North, no East, no West, to which I owe any allegiance.
Henry Clay

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

Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.
Henry Clay