Henry Clay Quotes

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

Recognize at all times the paramount right of your Country to your most devoted services, whether she treat you ill or well, and never let selfish views or interests predominate over the duties of patriotism.

Sir I would rather be right than be President.

Statistics are no substitute for judgement.

I would rather be right than President.

Political parties serve to keep each other in check one keenly watching the other.

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

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

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.

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