Clay had been able, decade after decade, to quell rancor and bring opposing parties together in compromise. Time and again, he resisted extremes of opinion in both North and South. Whatever he did, he did for the whole country.
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Clay had been able, decade after decade, to quell rancor and bring opposing parties together in compromise. Time and again, he resisted extremes of opinion in both North and South. Whatever he did, he did for the whole country.