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Daniel Webster has 67 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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I regard it (the Constitution) as the work of the purest patriots and wisest statesman that ever existed, aided by the smiles…
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God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.
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The contest for ages has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power.
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Let us not forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man. When tillage begins, other arts…
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Man is a special being, and if left to himself, in an isolated condition, would be one of the weakest creatures; but…
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Inconsistencies of opinion, arising from changes of circumstances, are often justifiable.
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There is always room at the top.
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An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, the power to destroy.
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Let it be borne on the flag under which we rally in every exigency, that we have one country, one constitution, one…
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