Let our object be our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country.
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I thank God, that if I am gifted with little of the spirit which is able to raise mortals to the skies, I have yet none, as I trust, of that other spirit which would drag angels down.Daniel Webster
I mistrust the judgment of every man in a case in which his own wishes are concerned.
Daniel Webster
Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote.
Daniel Webster
If we work upon marble, it will perish If we work upon brass, time will efface it If we rear temples, they will crumble to dust But if we work upon mens immoral minds And imbue them with high principles, With the just fear of God and love of their fellow man We engrave on those tablets something which no time can efface, And which will brighten and brighten to all eternity.
Daniel Webster
Mr. Webster's reply to the invitation of his friends, who had been refused the use of Faneuil Hall by the Mayor and Aldermen of Boston. I shall defer my visit to Faneuil Hall, the cradle of American liberty, until its doors shall fly open on golden hinges to lovers of Union as well as lovers of liberty.
Daniel Webster
But every generation in its turn must accept the responsibility of supporting and defending the Constitution, and bearing true faith and allegiance to it. That is the oath that I just took.
Daniel Webster
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