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

Quote by Daniel Webster

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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...

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

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

Man is a special being, and if left to himself, in an isolated condition, would...

Man is a special being, and if left to himself, in an isolated condition, would...

Keep cool; anger is not an argument

Keep cool; anger is not an argument

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...

[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...

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...

Keep cool; anger is not an argument.

Keep cool; anger is not an argument.

One country, one constitution, one destiny.

One country, one constitution, one destiny.

There is always room at the top.

There is always room at the top.

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

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

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.

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

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

May the sun in his course visit no land more free, more happy, more lovely,...

May the sun in his course visit no land more free, more happy, more lovely,...

Let us not forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor...

Let us not forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor...

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

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

Liberty exists in proportion to wholesome restraint.

Liberty exists in proportion to wholesome restraint.

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

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

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

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

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.