Daniel Webster Quotes on Countries (7 Quotes)

Let it be borne on the flag under which we rally in every exigency, that we have one country, one constitution, one destiny.

What can we do with the western coast, a coast of 3,000 miles, rockbound cheerless, uninviting, and not a harbor on it What use have we for such a country I will never vote one cent from the public treasury to place the Pacific Ocean one inch neare

We wish that this column, rising towards heaven among the pointed spires of so many temples dedicated to God, may contribute also to produce in all minds a pious feeling of dependence and gratitude. We wish, finally, that the last object to the sight of him who leaves his native shore, and the first to gladden his who revisits it, may be something which shall remind him of the liberty and the glory of his country. Let it rise let it rise, till it meet the sun in his coming let the earliest light of the morning gild it, and the parting day linger and play on its summit.

Labour in this country is independent and proud. It has not to ask the patronage of capital, but capital solicits the aid of labor.

IF WE AND OUR POSTERITY SHALL BE TRUE TO THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION, IF WE AND THEY SHALL LIVE ALWAYS IN THE FEAR OF GOD AND SHALL RESPECT HIS COMMANDMENTS, IF WE AND THEY SHALL MAINTAIN JUST MORAL SENTIMENTS AND SUCH CONSCIENTIOUS CONVICTIONS OF DUTY AS SHALL CONTROL THE HEART AND LIFE, WE MAY HAVE THE HIGHEST HOPES OF THE FUTURE FORTUNES OF OUR COUNTRY. OUR COUNTRY WILL GO ON PROSPERING.

One country, one constitution, one destiny.

Let our object be our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country.