"We have had good and bad Presidents, and it is a consoling reflection that the American Nation possesses such elements of prosperity that the bad Presidents cannot destroy it, and have been able to do no more than slightly to ***** the public's advancement."

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Source : Henry Clay (2015). “The Papers of Henry Clay: Candidate, Compromiser, Elder Statesman, January 1, 1844-June 29, 1852”, p.553, University Press of Kentucky

Henry Clay

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“So if I have two pieces of cake, do I have twice as good an experience as the first piece of cake? One of the things I've found in life is that the first piece of cake is the best.”
“I have to shoot three cassettes of film a day, even when not 'photographing', in order to keep the eye in practice.”
“Iâ€™ve learnt to listen. I donâ€™t think I always did listen. Not just in plays, but in life. And you have to hear what people are saying before you can respond.”
“Some Buddhists, however, never seem to get past the void, and I suppose I view this as a kind of Buddhist 'Old Testament' that I don't especially like.”
“People are different in different situations and people are different online than they are in real life.”

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“Slave holding is very unusual among the English-speaking peoples. Canadians didn't do it. Australians didn't do it. The Democratic Party and the states they controlled did it!”

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“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won.”
“I earned the right to get in the team, and fought every game to be in it.”

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