186 Quotes by Daniel Webster

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

Philosophic argument, especially that drawn from the vastness of the universe, in comparison with the apparent insignificance of this globe, has sometimes shaken my reason for the faith that is in me; but my heart has always assured and reassured me that.

The bible fits man for life and prepares him for death.

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.

The right of an inventor to his invention is no monopoly – in any other sense than a man’s house is a monopoly.

History is God’s providence in human affairs.

Let our object be – our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country. And by the blessing of God, may that country itself become a vast and splendid monument – not of oppression and terror, but of wisdom, of Peace, and of Liberty, upon which the world may gaze with admiration forever.

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.

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