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 the public dinner at Fowler's Garden, Lexington, Kentucky, May 16, 1829, printed in Niles' Weekly Register, Vol. 36 (1829), at p. 399.

Henry Clay Quotes

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.

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.

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.

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.