1782-1852, American Lawyer, Statesman
A mass of men equals a mass of opinions.
Daniel Webster – [Opinions]
I see nothing in it new and valuable. What is valuable is not new, and what is new is not valuable.
Daniel Webster – [Originality]
Keep cool; anger is not an argument.
Daniel Webster – [Anger]
Labor in this country is independent and proud. It has not to ask the patronage of capital, but capital solicits the aid of labor.
Daniel Webster – [Capitalism]
Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered.
Daniel Webster – [Action]
Liberty consists in wholesome restraint.
Daniel Webster – [Liberty]
Liberty exists in proportion to wholesome restraint.
Daniel Webster – [Liberty]
Mind is the great lever of all things.
Daniel Webster – [Mind]
One country, one constitution, one destiny.
Daniel Webster – [Unity]
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
Daniel Webster – [Faith]
Philosophical argument has sometimes shaken my reason for the faith that was in me; but my heart has always assured me that the Gospel of Jesus Christ must be reality.
Daniel Webster – [Gospel]
The most important thought that ever occupied my mind is that of my individual responsibility to God.
Daniel Webster – [God]
The past is at least secure.
Daniel Webster – [Past]
The right of an inventor to his invention is no monopoly; in any other sense than a man's house is a monopoly.
Daniel Webster – [Invention and Inventor]
The world is governed more by appearances than by realities, so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it.
Daniel Webster – [Appearance]
There is always room at the top.
Daniel Webster – [Success]
There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is confession.
Daniel Webster – [Confession]
This is a Senate of equals, of men of individual honor and personal character, and of absolute independence. We know no masters, we acknowledge no dictators. This is a hall for mutual consultation and discussion; not an arena for the exhibition of champions.
Daniel Webster – [Congress]
Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.
Daniel Webster – [Citizenship]
When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization.
Daniel Webster – [Farming and Farmers]