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.
An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, a power to destroy.
The contest for ages has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power.
Speech in the Senate (27 May 1834), on President Andrew Jackson’s protest, The Works of Daniel Webster, 10th edition (1857), Vol. 4, p. 133- A speech delivered at Niblo’s Saloon, in New York, on the 15 of March, 1837.
The people’s government, made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people.
Second Reply to Hayne (1830)
