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Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trus

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

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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

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