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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

5390 Henry Clay 1777-1852 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:5390
AUTHOR:Henry Clay (1777–1852)
QUOTATION:The gentleman [Josiah Quincy] cannot have forgotten his own sentiment, uttered even on the floor of this House, “Peaceably if we can, forcibly if we must.” 1
ATTRIBUTION:Speech, 1813.
 
Note 1.
See Quincy, Quotation 1. [back]