“An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, the power to destroy.”
— Daniel Webster
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Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them
“Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.”
— Daniel Webster
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On the diffusion of education among the
“On the diffusion of education among the people rest the preservation and perpetuation of our free institutions.”
— Daniel Webster
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Whatever government is not a government of
“Whatever government is not a government of laws, is a despotism, let it be called what it may.”
— Daniel Webster
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There is nothing so powerful as truth,
“There is nothing so powerful as truth, and often nothing so strange.”
— Daniel Webster
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The contest for ages has been to
“The contest for ages has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power.”
— Daniel Webster
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Keep cool; anger is not an argument.
“Keep cool; anger is not an argument.”
— Daniel Webster
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Justice, sir, is the great interest of
“Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.”
— Daniel Webster
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The world is governed more by appearance
“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.”
— Daniel Webster
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Wisdom begins at the end.
“Wisdom begins at the end.”
— Daniel Webster
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Failure is more frequently from want of
“Failure is more frequently from want of energy than want of capital.”
— Daniel Webster
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