[I]f we and our posterity reject religious instruction and authority, violate the rules of eternal justice, trifle with the injunctions of morality, and recklessly destroy the political constitution which holds us together, no man can tell how sudden a catastrophe…

Quote by Daniel Webster

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

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

Whatever government is not a government of laws, is a despotism, let it be called...

Whatever government is not a government of laws, is a despotism, let it be called...

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

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

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

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

We are all agents of the same supreme power, the people.

We are all agents of the same supreme power, the people.

Whatever government is not a government of laws, is a despotism, let it be called...

Whatever government is not a government of laws, is a despotism, let it be called...

The right of an inventor to his invention is no monopoly - in any other...

The right of an inventor to his invention is no monopoly - in any other...

Keep cool; anger is not an argument.

Keep cool; anger is not an argument.

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

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

A fair return for their labor so as to have good homes, good clothing, good...

A fair return for their labor so as to have good homes, good clothing, good...

Let it be borne on the flag under which we rally in every exigency, that...

Let it be borne on the flag under which we rally in every exigency, that...

There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is confession

There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is confession

The contest for ages has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power.

The contest for ages has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power.

The law: It has honored us; may we honor it

The law: It has honored us; may we honor it

There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is confession.

There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is confession.

Mind is the great lever of all things; human thought is the process by which...

Mind is the great lever of all things; human thought is the process by which...

He who tampers with the currency robs labor of its bread.

He who tampers with the currency robs labor of its bread.

The most important thought that ever occupied my mind is that of my individual responsibility...

The most important thought that ever occupied my mind is that of my individual responsibility...

One country, one constitution, one destiny.

One country, one constitution, one destiny.

No man not inspired can make a good speech without preparation.

No man not inspired can make a good speech without preparation.