"All legislation, all government, all society is founded upon the principle of mutual concession, politeness, comity, courtesy; upon these everything is based...Let him who elevates himself above humanity, above its weaknesses, its infirmities, its wants, its necessities, say, if he pleases, I will never compromise; but let no one who is not above the frailties of our common nature disdain compromises."

-- Henry Clay

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“It is never wise to try to appear to be more clever than you are. It is sometimes wise to appear slightly less so.”
“It's generally not wise to pick a fight with law enforcement in politics, especially when you're in the middle of a pretty significant scandal already.”
“I've made so many mistakes and I always thought I'd have time to correct them!”
“Once I opened my eyes to the realities of life, I couldn't close them.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Without the knowledge of the true number of the people, as a principle, the whole scope and use of keeping bills of birth and burials is impaired; wherefore by laborious conjectures and calculations to deduce the number of people from the births and burials, may be ingenious, but very preposterous.”

Source : Sir William Petty (1986). “The Economic Writings of Sir William Petty: Together with the Observations Upon the Bills of Mortality More Probably by John Graunt”, Augustus m Kelley Pubs
“I recalled when I worked in the woods and the bars of Madras, Oregon. That short-haired joy and roughness America your stupidity. I could almost love you again.”
“So many shows out there dumb-down the country. It's so admirable to be part of a show that wants people to think.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“He would have lied to himself as facilely as an alcoholic lies to himself to justify the 10 a.m. tumbler of vodka : it may be early here, but in Baghdad it's almost evening.”

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