72 ordspråk av Daniel Webster
Daniel Webster
Labor in this country is independent and proud. It has not to ask the patronage of capital, but capital solicits the aid of labor.
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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 destiny
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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 will follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of civilization.
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Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable
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Liberty consists in wholesome restraint
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Liberty exists in proportion to wholesome restraint.
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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 associated with his kind, he works wonders
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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 associated with his kind, he works wonders
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Men hang out their signs indicative of their respective trades: shoemakers hang out a gigantic shoe; jewelers, a monster watch; and the dentist hangs out a gold tooth; but up in the mountains of New Hampshire, God Almighty has hung out a sign to show
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Mind is the great lever of all things; human thought is the process by which human ends are ultimately answered
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Mind is the great lever of all things.
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No man not inspired can make a good speech without preparation
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On the diffusion of education among the people rest the preservation and perpetuation of our free institutions
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One country, one constitution, one destiny
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Philosophic argument, especially that drawn from the vastness of the universe, in comparison with the apparent insignificance of this globe, has sometimes shaken my reason for the faith that is in me; but my heart has always assured and reassured me that
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