Daniel Webster quotes - page 2

It is, Sir, as I have said, a small College, And yet, there are those who love it. (Daniel Webster)
The contest for ages has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power. View quote
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A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures. View quote
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Failure is more frequently from want of energy than want of capital. View quote
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The materials of wealth are in the earth, in the seas, and in their natural and unaided productions. View quote
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The dignity of history consists in reciting events with truth and accuracy, and in presenting human agents and their actions in an interesting and instructive form. The first element in history, therefore, is truthfulness; and this truthfulness must be displayed in a concrete form. View quote
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Man is a special being, and if left to himself, in an isolated condition, would be one of the weakest creatures; but associated with his kind, he works wonders. View quote
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From the accession of Henry the Seventh to the breaking out of the civil wars, England enjoyed much greater exemption from war, foreign and domestic, than for a long period before, and during the controversy between the houses of York and Lancaster. These years of peace were favorable to commerce and the arts. Commerce and the arts augmented general and individual knowledge; and knowledge is the only fountain, both of the love and the principles of human liberty. View quote
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Justice is the greatest interest of man on earth. View quote
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Washington is in the clear upper sky. View quote
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He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet. (Daniel Webster)
Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote. View quote
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Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on Earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together. Wherever her temple stands, and so long as it is duly honored, there is a foundation for social security, general happiness and the improvement and progress of our race. View quote
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America has furnished to the world the character of Washington. And if our American institutions had done nothing else, that alone would have entitled them to the respect of mankind. View quote
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Although no sculptured marble should rise to their memory, nor engraved stone bear record of their deeds, yet will their remembrance be as lasting as the land they honored. View quote
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Fearful concatenation of circumstances. View quote
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The gentleman has not seen how to reply to this, otherwise than by supposing me to have advanced the doctrine that a national debt is a national blessing. View quote
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Wisdom begins at the end. View quote
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If we work upon marble, it will perish If we work upon brass, time will efface it If we rear temples, they will crumble to dust But if we work upon mens immoral minds And imbue them with high principles, With the just fear of God and love of their fellow man We engrave on those tablets something which no time can efface, And which will brighten and brighten to all eternity. View quote
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Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable. View quote
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If we abide by the principles taught in the Bible, our country will go on prospering and to prosper; but if we and our posterity neglect its instructions and authority, no man can tell how sudden a catastrophe may overwhelm us and bury all our glory in profound obscurity. (Daniel Webster)
There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters. View quote
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The Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions. View quote
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The most important thought that ever occupied my mind is that of my individual responsibility to God. View quote
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The proper function of a government is to make it easy for the people to do good, and difficult for them to do evil. View quote
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