No man not inspired can make a good speech without preparation

Quote by Daniel Webster

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

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

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.

What a man does for others, not what they do for him, gives him immortality.

What a man does for others, not what they do for him, gives him immortality.

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

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

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

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

I apprehend no danger to our country from a foreign foe... Our destruction, should it...

I apprehend no danger to our country from a foreign foe... Our destruction, should it...

How little do they see what really is, who frame their hasty judgment upon that...

How little do they see what really is, who frame their hasty judgment upon that...

Keep cool; anger is not an argument

Keep cool; anger is not an argument

There is always room at the top.

There is always room at the top.

Liberty exists in proportion to wholesome restraint.

Liberty exists in proportion to wholesome restraint.

The world is governed more by appearance than realities so that it is fully as...

The world is governed more by appearance than realities so that it is fully as...

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...

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

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

There is nothing so powerful as truth, and often nothing so strange.

There is nothing so powerful as truth, and often nothing so strange.

[I]f we and our posterity reject religious instruction and authority, violate the rules of eternal...

[I]f we and our posterity reject religious instruction and authority, violate the rules of eternal...

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

When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization.

When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization.

Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which...

Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which...

Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.

Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.

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

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