Daniel Webster1782–1852The quotations of
Daniel Webster
14th and 19th United States Secretary of State
1782–1852
31 quotes, most often on America, Government and Liberty.
I mistrust the judgment of every man in a case in which his own wishes are concerned.
Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.
Speech at Plymouth, Massachusetts (22 December 1820)- On the Agriculture of England (1840), p. 457
- Speech (15 March 1837); reported in Edward Everett, ed., The Works of Daniel Webster (1851), p. 349
- Speech (2 April 1824); reported in Edward Everett, ed., The Works of Daniel Webster (1851), volume iii, page 141
It is, Sir, as I have said, a small college. And yet there are those who love it!
Oral argument before the Supreme Court of the United States, March 10, 1818, in Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 17 U.S. 518 (1918)- Speech on Hamilton (10 March 1831)
The people’s government, made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people.
Second Reply to Hayne (1830)I was born an American; I will live an American; I shall die an American!
Speech (July 17, 1850); reported in Edward Everett, ed., The Works of Daniel Webster (1851), p. 437- On the Completion of the Bunker Hill Monument (1843), p. 107
- Second Reply to Hayne (1830)
If the true spark of religious and civil liberty be kindled, it will burn.
Address on Laying the Cornerstone of the Bunker Hill Monument (1825)Let our object be, our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country.
Address on Laying the Cornerstone of the Bunker Hill Monument (1825), p. 78In a day of peace, let us advance the arts of peace and the works of peace.
Address on Laying the Cornerstone of the Bunker Hill Monument (1825)- On the Completion of the Bunker Hill Monument (1843), p. 105
