Henry Clay - Men Quotes

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

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[Andrew Jackson] is ignorant, passionate, hypocritical, corrupt, and easily swayed by the basest men who surround him.

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Precedents deliberately established by wise men are entitled to great weight. They are evidence of truth, but only evidence... But a solitary precedent... which has never been reexamined, cannot be conclusive.

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