Henry Clay Quotes


Impart additional strength to our happy Union.?Diversified as are the interests of its various parts, how admirably do they harmonize and blend together!?We have only to make a proper use of the bounties spread before us, to render us prosperous and powerful.


Citations

Clay, Henry. "Speech on Internal Improvement." The Life and Speeches of the Hon. Henry Clay. Compiled by Daniel Mallory, Vol. 1, Robert P. Bixby & Co., 1843, p. 450.

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“Factions” was the word for Political Parties then. Henry, George Washington and other founding fathers were opposed to political parties, while Madison and others thought they needed to controlled. Jefferson thought parties to be important. So there was no uniform consensus among the Founding Fathers. This has his last public speech before his death.


Henry Clay
Henry Clay
  • Born: April 12, 1777
  • Died: June 29, 1852
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Statesman

Henry Clay Sr. was an American attorney and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the Senate and House. He was the seventh House Speaker and the ninth Secretary of State. He received electoral votes for president in the 1824, 1832, and 1844 presidential elections. He also helped found both the National Republican Party and the Whig Party. For his role in defusing sectional crises, he earned the appellation of the "Great Compromiser" and was part of the "Great Triumvirate".