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Sir, I Would Rather Be Right Than Be President.
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Sir, I would rather be right than be President.
-- Henry Clay (1777-1852)
-- Speech, 1850 (referring to the Compromise Measures)
Related:
Sir, I would rather have my problem than yours.
Would I rather be right, or happy?
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....
If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country I never would lay down my arms,--never!
ever! never! -- William Pitt, Earl of Chatham (1708-1778) -- Speech, Nov. 18, 1777...
There is a higher law than the Constitution. -- William H.
Seward (1801-1872) -- Speech, March 11, 1850...
I would rather see starlight than streetlights.
Revolutions are not made; they come. -- Wendell Phillips (1811-1884) -- Speech, Jan. 28, 1852
An oppressed people are authorized whenever they can to rise and breaktheir fetters.
-- Henry Clay (1777-1852) American Statesman -- Speech, House of representatives, March 4, 1818...
Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustee
and both the trust and the trustees are created for the benefit of the people....