If you wish to avoid foreign collision, you had better abandon the oc… — Henry Clay

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

Henry ClayStatesman · American · 1777 – 1852

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Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart. — Henry Clay
Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character. — Henry Clay
Of all human powers operating on the affairs of mankind, none is greater than that of competition. — 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
An oppressed people are authorized whenever they can to rise and break their fetters. — 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