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Sir, I would rather be right than be President.
Sir, I would rather be right than be President.
Approximate author period: c. 1814 AD · industrial
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- Henry Clay
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- Approximate author period: c. 1814 AD · industrial
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
Speech, 1850 (referring to the Compromise Measures).
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