Economy Quotes by Daniel Webster

8 Economy quotes by Daniel Webster

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Seeking a historical figure’s take on the economy? These eight quotes from the 19th‑century statesman give a quick taste of his political and fiscal philosophy. The set is brief, but it highlights the core ideas that guided his legislative work.

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The freest government, if it could exist, would not be long acceptable, if the tendency of the laws were to create a…

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A disordered currency is one of the greatest political evils. It undermines the virtues necessary for the support of the social system,…

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There is not a more dangerous experiment than to place property in the hands of one class, and political power in those…

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If you divorce capital from labor, capital is hoarded, and labor starves.

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Power naturally and necessarily follows property.

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A representative form of government rests nor more on political contributions than on those laws which regulate the descent and transmission of…

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I shall oppose all slavery extension and all increase of slave representation in all places, at all times, under all circumstances, even…

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It would seem, then, to be the part of political wisdom to found government on property; and to establish such distribution of…

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In the nature of things, those who have no property and see their neighbors possess much more than they think them to need, cannot…

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“Liberty and Union, now and for ever, one and inseparable!”

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If we work on marble it will perish. If we work on brass, time will efface it. If we raise temples, they will crumble…

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This is the Book. I have read the Bible through many times, and now make it a practice to read it through once every…

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Men hang out their signs indicative of their respective trades; shoe makers hang out a gigantic shoe; jewelers a monster watch, and the dentist…

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There is something on earth greater than arbitrary or despotic power. The lightning has its power, and the whirlwind has its power, and the…

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Faith puts God between us and our circumstances.

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Failure is more frequently from want of energy than want of capital.

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The Bible is a book of faith, and a book of doctrine, and a book of religion, of special revelation from God; but it…

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Our destruction, should it come at all, will be from...the inattention of the people to the concerns of their government, from their carelessness and…

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When the spotless ermine of the judicial robe fell on John Jay, it touched nothing less spotless than itself.

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If the Union was formed by accession of States then the Union may be dissolved by the secession of States.

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A solemn and religious regard to spiritual and eternal things is an indispensable element of all true greatness.

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Philosophic argument, especially that drawn from the vastness of the universe, in comparison with the apparent insignificance of this globe, has sometimes shaken my…

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We are all agents of the same supreme power, the people.

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