Henry Clay

"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."

- 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."

- 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."

- Henry Clay

"Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart."

- Henry Clay