The world is governed more by appearance than realities so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it.
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I apprehend no danger to our country from a foreign foe... Our destruction, should it come at all, will be from another quarter. From the inattention of the people to the concerns of their government, from their carelessness and negligence, I must confess that I do apprehend some danger.Daniel Webster
If we allow this to be the final step, our power has been greatly diminished as a legislature, ... If you can challenge the technical portions of a statute and say they really don't matter, I think we're in trouble.
Daniel Webster
Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable.
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
We are all agents of the same supreme power, the people.
Daniel Webster
Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.
Daniel Webster
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