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Daniel Webster

Born: January 18, 1782

Died: October 24, 1852

Nationality: American

Occupation: Statesman

Biography: Daniel Webster was a leading American statesman and senator from Massachusetts during the period leading up to the Civil War. He first rose to regional prominence through his defense of New England shipping interests. Webster's increasingly nationalistic views, and his effectiveness as a speaker, made him one of the most famous orators and influential Whig leaders of the Second Party System.

Daniel Webster

“A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.”

- Daniel Webster

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“A disordered currency is one of the greatest political evils.”

- Daniel Webster

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“A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures.”

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“An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, the power to destroy.”

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“Every unpunished murder takes away something from the security of every man's life.”

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“Failure is more frequently from want of energy than want of capital.”

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“Falsehoods not only disagree with truths, but usually quarrel among themselves.”

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“God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.”

- Daniel Webster

Source/Notes: Speech (June 3, 1834); reported in Edward Everett, ed., The Works of Daniel Webster (1851), volume iv, page 47.
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“He who tampers with the currency robs labor of its bread.”

- Daniel Webster

Source/Notes: The Works of Daniel Webster (1853), p. 377, "Reception at New York"
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“How little do they see what really is, who frame their hasty judgment upon that which seems.”

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“I mistrust the judgment of every man in a case in which his own wishes are concerned.”

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Daniel Webster

“Inconsistencies of opinion, arising from changes of circumstances, are often justifiable.”

- Daniel Webster

Source/Notes: Speech (July 25 and 27, 1846); reported in Edward Everett, ed., The Works of Daniel Webster (1851), volume v, page 187.
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“Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.”

- Daniel Webster

Source/Notes: On Mr. Justice Story (September 12, 1845); reported in Edward Everett, ed., The Works of Daniel Webster (1851), page 300.
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“Keep cool; anger is not an argument.”

- Daniel Webster

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