Author: Daniel Webster

Quotes

Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.

Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.

- Daniel Webster

Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.

Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.

- Daniel Webster

The people's government, made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people.

The people's government, made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people.

- Daniel Webster

Wisdom begins at the end.

Wisdom begins at the end.

- Daniel Webster

It is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying sentiment, independence now and independence forever.

It is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying sentiment, independence now and independence forever.

- Daniel Webster

The contest for ages has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power.

The contest for ages has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power.

- Daniel Webster

An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, the power to destroy.

An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, the power to destroy.

- Daniel Webster

Every unpunished murder takes away something from the security of every man's life.

Every unpunished murder takes away something from the security of every man's life.

- Daniel Webster

There is nothing so powerful as truth, and often nothing so strange.

There is nothing so powerful as truth, and often nothing so strange.

- Daniel Webster

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