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.
God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.
Speech (3 June 1834); reported in Edward Everett, ed., The Works of Daniel Webster (1851), volume iv, page 47The 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- Speech at the Charleston Bar Dinner (May 10, 1847); reported in Edward Everett, ed., The Works of Daniel Webster (1851), Vol. II, p. 393
- 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)
