Daniel Webster was a famous Statesman from USA, who lived between January 18, 1782 and October 24, 1852. He/she became 70 years old.
Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac capricorn, who is known for Determination, Dominance, Perservering, Practical, Willful.
Our collection contains 35 quotes who is written / told by Daniel, under the main topics: Politics - Wisdom.
35 Famous quotes by Daniel Webster
"No man not inspired can make a good speech without preparation"
"The contest for ages has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power"
"One country, one constitution, one destiny"
"On the diffusion of education among the people rest the preservation and perpetuation of our free institutions"
"Mind is the great lever of all things; human thought is the process by which human ends are ultimately answered"
"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"
"There is always room at the top"
"The world is governed more by appearance than realities so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it"
"There is nothing so powerful as truth, and often nothing so strange"
"Liberty exists in proportion to wholesome restraint"
"Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable"
"Let us not forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man. When tillage begins, other arts will follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of civilization"
"Let it be borne on the flag under which we rally in every exigency, that we have one country, one constitution, one destiny"
"Keep cool; anger is not an argument"
"Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together"
"It is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying sentiment, independence now and independence forever"
"Inconsistencies of opinion, arising from changes of circumstances, are often justifiable"
"I was born an American; I will live an American; I shall die an American"
"I mistrust the judgment of every man in a case in which his own wishes are concerned"
"How little do they see what really is, who frame their hasty judgment upon that which seems"
"He who tampers with the currency robs labor of its bread"
"God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it"
"Falsehoods not only disagree with truths, but usually quarrel among themselves"
"Failure is more frequently from want of energy than want of capital"
"Every unpunished murder takes away something from the security of every man's life"
"An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, the power to destroy"
"A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures"
"A disordered currency is one of the greatest political evils"
"A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue"
"Wisdom begins at the end"
"When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization"
"The people's government, made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people"
"The most important thought that ever occupied my mind is that of my individual responsibility to God"
"The materials of wealth are in the earth, in the seas, and in their natural and unaided productions"
