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> [An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, the power to destroy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-webster/an-unlimited-power-to-tax-involves-necessarily-the-power-to-destroy/)

[Daniel Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-webster/)

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## More by Daniel Webster

> [In the nature of things, those who have no property and see their neighbors possess much more than they think them to need, cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-webster/in-the-nature-of-things-those-who-have-no-property-and-see-their/)

[Daniel Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-webster/)

> [“Liberty and Union, now and for ever, one and inseparable!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-webster/liberty-and-union-now-and-for-ever-one-and-inseparable/)

[Daniel Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-webster/)

> [If we work on marble it will perish. If we work on brass, time will efface it. If we raise temples, they will crumble…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-webster/if-we-work-on-marble-it-will-perish-if-we-work-on-brass-time-will/)

[Daniel Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-webster/)

> [This is the Book. I have read the Bible through many times, and now make it a practice to read it through once every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-webster/this-is-the-book-i-have-read-the-bible-through-many-times-and-now/)

[Daniel Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-webster/)

> [Men hang out their signs indicative of their respective trades; shoe makers hang out a gigantic shoe; jewelers a monster watch, and the dentist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-webster/men-hang-out-their-signs-indicative-of-their-respective-trades-shoe/)

[Daniel Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-webster/)

> [There is something on earth greater than arbitrary or despotic power. The lightning has its power, and the whirlwind has its power, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-webster/there-is-something-on-earth-greater-than-arbitrary-or-despotic-power/)

[Daniel Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-webster/)

> [Faith puts God between us and our circumstances.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-webster/faith-puts-god-between-us-and-our-circumstances/)

[Daniel Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-webster/)

> [Failure is more frequently from want of energy than want of capital.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-webster/failure-is-more-frequently-from-want-of-energy-than-want-of-capital/)

[Daniel Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-webster/)

> [The Bible is a book of faith, and a book of doctrine, and a book of religion, of special revelation from God; but it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-webster/the-bible-is-a-book-of-faith-and-a-book-of-doctrine-and-a-book-of/)

[Daniel Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-webster/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-webster/our-destruction-should-it-come-at-all-will-be-from-the-inattention-of/)

[Daniel Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-webster/)

> [When the spotless ermine of the judicial robe fell on John Jay, it touched nothing less spotless than itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-webster/when-the-spotless-ermine-of-the-judicial-robe-fell-on-john-jay-it/)

[Daniel Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-webster/)

> [If the Union was formed by accession of States then the Union may be dissolved by the secession of States.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-webster/if-the-union-was-formed-by-accession-of-states-then-the-union-may-be/)

[Daniel Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-webster/)

> [A solemn and religious regard to spiritual and eternal things is an indispensable element of all true greatness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-webster/a-solemn-and-religious-regard-to-spiritual-and-eternal-things-is-an/)

[Daniel Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-webster/)

> [Philosophic argument, especially that drawn from the vastness of the universe, in comparison with the apparent insignificance of this globe, has sometimes shaken my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-webster/philosophic-argument-especially-that-drawn-from-the-vastness-of-the/)

[Daniel Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-webster/)

> [We are all agents of the same supreme power, the people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-webster/we-are-all-agents-of-the-same-supreme-power-the-people/)

[Daniel Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-webster/)

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