Familiar Quotations / A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to / Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature - Unknown

Sir, I would rather be right than be President.

Speech, 1850 (referring to the Compromise Measures).

[516:2] See Quincy, page [505].

And the star-spangled banner, oh long may it wave

O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

The Star-Spangled Banner.

Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation![517:1]