Quotes from Daniel Webster

Converse, converse, CONVERSE, with living men, face to face, mind to mind-that is one of the best sources of knowledge.

The bible fits man for life and prepares him for death

No man can suffer too much, and no man can fall too soon, if he suffer or if he fall in defense of the liberties and Constitution of his country.

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

Corruption of morals is rapid enough in any country without a bounty from government. And...the Chief Magistrate of the United States should be the last man to accelerate its progress.

No man not inspired can make a good speech without preparation.

The Sermon on the Mount cannot be a merely human production. This belief enters into the very depth of my conscience. The whole history of man proves it.

Venerable men! you have come down to us from a former generation. Heaven has bounteously lengthened out your lives, that you might behold this joyous day.

There is no happiness, there is no liberty, there is no enjoyment of life, unless a man can say, when he rises in the morning, I shall be subject to the decision of no unwise judge today.

Of all the contrivances for cheating the laboring classes of mankind, none has been more effective than that which deludes them with paper money.

Our profession is good, if practiced in the spirit of it; it is damnable fraud and iniquity when its true spirit is supplied by a spirit of mischief-making and money catching.

On the light of Liberty you saw arise the light of Peace, like "another morn," "Risen on mid-noon;" and the sky on which you closed your eye was cloudless.

A disordered currency is one of the greatest political evils.

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

We are all agents of the same supreme power, the people.

The most important thought that ever occupied my mind is that of my individual responsibility to God.

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

Thank God, I also am an American!

Let us thank God that we live in an age when something has influence besides the bayonet.

Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.

The Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions

The inherent right in the people to reform their government, I do not deny; and they have another right, and that is to resist unconstitutional laws without overturning the government.

Our destruction, should it come at all, will be from...the inattention of the people to the concerns of their government, from their carelessness and negligence.

Employment gives health, sobriety, and morals.