The inherent right in the people to reform their government, I do not deny; and they have another right, and that is to resist unconstitutional laws without overturning the government. — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
In the nature of things, those who have no property and see their neighbors possess much more than they think them to need, cannot… — Daniel Webster Copy Share
If we work on marble it will perish. If we work on brass, time will efface it. If we raise temples, they will crumble… — Daniel Webster Copy Share
This is the Book. I have read the Bible through many times, and now make it a practice to read it through once every… — Daniel Webster Copy Share
Men hang out their signs indicative of their respective trades; shoe makers hang out a gigantic shoe; jewelers a monster watch, and the dentist… — Daniel Webster Copy Share
There is something on earth greater than arbitrary or despotic power. The lightning has its power, and the whirlwind has its power, and the… — Daniel Webster Copy Share
The Bible is a book of faith, and a book of doctrine, and a book of religion, of special revelation from God; but it… — Daniel Webster Copy Share
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… — Daniel Webster Copy Share
When the spotless ermine of the judicial robe fell on John Jay, it touched nothing less spotless than itself. — Daniel Webster Copy Share
If the Union was formed by accession of States then the Union may be dissolved by the secession of States. — Daniel Webster Copy Share
A solemn and religious regard to spiritual and eternal things is an indispensable element of all true greatness. — Daniel Webster Copy Share
Philosophic argument, especially that drawn from the vastness of the universe, in comparison with the apparent insignificance of this globe, has sometimes shaken my… — Daniel Webster Copy Share
