Quotes By Daniel Webster

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.

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

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

On the diffusion of education among the people rest the preservation and perpetuation of our free institutions.

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

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

It is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying sentiment, independence now and independence forever.

Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.

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

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

Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable.

There is always room at the top.