On the record
In the realm of party leadership a greater than he hath not appeared.
Said by
Adlai Stevenson
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gutenberg.orgAdlai Stevenson: “In the realm of party leadership a greater than he hath not appeared.”
Editor's note · Context
Stevenson claims that no political leader has matched the influence of Henry Clay in his time.
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