John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Henry Clay. (1777–1852) (continued) |
| 5391 |
| 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. |
| Speech at Ashland, Ky., March, 1829. |
| 5392 |
| 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. |
| Speech, 1848. |
| 5393 |
| Sir, I would rather be right than be President. |
| Speech, 1850 (referring to the Compromise Measures). |
| Francis Scott Key. (1779–1843) |
| 5394 |
| And the star-spangled banner, oh long may it wave O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave! |
| The Star-Spangled Banner. |
| 5395 |
| Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation! 1 Then conquer we must when our cause it is just, And this be our motto, “In God is our trust!” And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave. |
| The Star-Spangled Banner. |
| Horace Smith. (1779–1849) |
| 5396 |
| Thinking is but an idle waste of thought, And nought is everything and everything is nought. |
| Rejected Addresses. Cui Bono? |
| 5397 |
| In the name of the Prophet—figs. |
| Johnson’s Ghost. |
| 5398 |
| And thou hast walked about (how strange a story!) In Thebes’s streets three thousand years ago, When the Memnonium was in all its glory. |
| Address to the Mummy at Belzoni’s Exhibition. |
| Note 1. It made and preserves us a nation. George P. Morris: The Flag of our Union. [back] |