Henry Clay. 1777-1852.
The gentleman [Josiah Quincy] cannot have forgotten his own sentiment, uttered even on the floor of this House, "Peaceably if we can, forcibly if we must."[516:2]
Speech, 1813.
[517]
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.
Speech at Ashland, Ky., March, 1829.
I have heard something said about allegiance to the South. I know no South, no North, no East, no West, to which I owe any allegiance.
Speech, 1848.
Sir, I would rather be right than be President.
Speech, 1850 (referring to the Compromise Measures).
Footnotes
[516:2] See Quincy, page 505.