Henry Clay Quote

I am for resistance by the sword. No man in the nation desires peace more than I. But I prefer the troubled ocean of war…to the tranquil, putrescent pool of ignominious peace.


speech in the US Senate on the Macon Bill, 22 February 1810


I am for resistance by the sword. No man in the nation desires peace more than I. But I prefer the troubled ocean of war…to the tranquil,...

I am for resistance by the sword. No man in the nation desires peace more than I. But I prefer the troubled ocean of war…to the tranquil,...

I am for resistance by the sword. No man in the nation desires peace more than I. But I prefer the troubled ocean of war…to the tranquil,...

I am for resistance by the sword. No man in the nation desires peace more than I. But I prefer the troubled ocean of war…to the tranquil,...