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| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
| NUMBER: | 5391 |
| AUTHOR: | Henry Clay (1777–1852) |
| QUOTATION: | 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. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Speech at Ashland, Ky., March, 1829. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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