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  -- Henry Clay (1777-1852) American Statesman -- Speech, House of representatives, March 4, 1818...
• Are we at last brought to such a humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our own defence?
  Where is the difference between having our arms in our own possession and under our own direction, and having them under the management of Congress?...
• When you have a number of disagreeable duties to perform, always do the most disagreeable first.
  -- Josiah Quincy...
• Blandishments will not fascinate us, nor will threats of a "halter" intimidate.
  For, under God, we are determined that wheresoever, whensoever, or howsoever we shall be called to make our exit, we will die free men....
• When we cannot act as we wish, we must act as we can. -- Terrence
• A gentleman is a man who can support his own weight on his hands.
• Why do we expect our Presidents to control destiny when they cannot even control the House of Representatives?
  -- Russell Bake...
• We must be greater than God, for we have to undo His injustice.
• All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy
  for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselve...