Coaches Hot Seat NFL Quotes of the Day – Monday, June 1, 2015 – Henry Clay
Coaches Hot Seat NFL Quotes of the Day – Monday, June 1, 2015 – Henry Clay
“The Constitution of the United States was made not merely for the generation that then existed, but for posterity- unlimited, undefined, endless, perpetual posterity.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“Of all human powers operating on the affairs of mankind, none is greater than that of competition.”
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“Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.”
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“Statistics are no substitue for judgement.”
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“The time will come when Winter will ask you what you were doing all Summer.”
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“The arts of power and its minions are the same in all countries and in all ages. It marks its victim; denounces it; and excites the public odium and the public hatred, to conceal its own abuses and encroachments.”
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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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“An oppressed people are authorized whenever they can to rise and break their fetters.”
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“I hope that it will yet be said, America is America’s best customer.”
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“Sir, I would rather be right than to be President.”
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“Their disappearance from the human family would be no great loss to the world.”
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“Recognize at all times the paramount right of your Country to your most devoted services, whether she treat you ill or well, and never let selfish views or interests predominate over the duties of patriotism.”
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“War unhinges society, disturbs its peaceful and regular industry, and scatters poisonous seeds of disease and immorality, which continue to germinate and diffuse their baneful influence long after it has ceased. Dazzling by its glitter, pomp and pageantry, it begets a spirit of wild adventure and romantic enterprise, and often disqualifies those who embark in it, after their return from the bloody fields of battle, from engaging in the industrious and peaceful vocations of life.”
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