Henry Clay
Henry Clay
Henry Clay, Sr.was an American lawyer and planter, politician, and skilled orator who represented Kentucky in both the United States Senate and House of Representatives. He served three non-consecutive terms as Speaker of the House of Representatives and served as Secretary of State under President John Quincy Adams from 1825 to 1829. Clay ran for the presidency in 1824, 1832 and 1844, while also seeking the Whig Party nomination in 1840 and 1848. However, he was unsuccessful...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth12 April 1777
CityHanover County, VA
CountryUnited States of America
The Constitution of the United States was made not merely for the generation that then existed, but for posterity- unlimited, undefined, endless, perpetual posterity.
Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.
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.
The arts of power and its minions are the same in all countries and in all ages. It marks its victim; denounces it; and excites the public odium and the public hatred, to conceal its own abuses and encroachments.
An oppressed people are authorized whenever they can to rise and break their fetters.
Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.
I'd rather be right than President.