Henry Clay

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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.

Henry Clay

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Citizen and state Government Political theory

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Henry Clay

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Political speech

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English

Time

1829 1820s 19th century

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Clay, Henry. Speech in Kentucky. Public dinner. 16 May 1829, Fowler's Garden, Lexington, KY, USA.

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

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Constitutional theory US Constitution

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Henry Clay

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Political speech

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English

Time

1850 1850s 19th century

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Clay, Henry. Address in the Senate. Senate meeting. 29 Jan. 1850, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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.

Henry Clay

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Abuse of power Power

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Henry Clay

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Political speech

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English

Time

1834 1830s 19th century

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Clay, Henry. "On the State of the Country After the Removal of the Deposits." Senate meeting. 14 Mar. 1834, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.