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American Statesman, US congressman (1811-14, 1815-21, 1823-25) and US senator (1806-07, 1810-11, 1831-42, 1849-52), 1777-1852

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“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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“Let him who elevates himself above humanity . . . say, if he pleases, "I will never compromise"; but let no one who is not above the frailties of our common nature disdain compromise.”

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“I would rather be right than President”

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“Statistics are no substitute for judgment”

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

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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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“If you wish to avoid foreign collision, you had better abandon the ocean.”

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“Yes, sir, from Constantinople, or from the Brazil; from Turk or Christian; from black or white; from the dey of Algiers or the bey of Tunis; from the devil himself, if he wore a crown, we should receive a minister”

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