Henry Clay Quotes

In a scheme of policy which is devised for a nation, we should not limit our views to its operations during a single year; or even for a short term of years. We should look at its operation for a considerable time, and in war as well as in peace.

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

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