Henry Clay quotes

" Statistics are no substitute for judgment. " # Statistics # Judgment and Judges # Business

" Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character. " # Character # Honor # Property

" Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart. " # Courtesy # Character # Heart

" I'd rather be right than President. " # President

" Yes, sir, from Constantinople, or from the Brazils; from Turk or christian; from black or white; from the dey of Algiers or the bey of Tunis; from the devil himself, if he wore a crown, we should receive a minister. " # Uncategorised # Christians and Christianity # Devil

" In a scheme of policy which is devised for a nation, we should not limit our views to its operation 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. " # Uncategorised # Peace # War

" I had rather be right than be President. " # President

" In all the affairs of life, social as well as political, courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest to the grateful and appreciating heart. " # Courtesy # Character # Politicians and Politics

" 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. " # Compromise # Politicians and Politics # Courtesy

" 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. " # Compromise