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

Quote by Daniel Webster

Topics: Confession Quotes

Keep cool; anger is not an argument.

Keep cool; anger is not an argument.

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.

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.

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

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

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

Men hang out their signs indicative of their respective trades: shoemakers hang out a gigantic...

Men hang out their signs indicative of their respective trades: shoemakers hang out a gigantic...

No man not inspired can make a good speech without preparation

No man not inspired can make a good speech without preparation

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

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

Liberty exists in proportion to wholesome restraint.

Liberty exists in proportion to wholesome restraint.

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...

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

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

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...

Liberty exists in proportion to wholesome restraint.

Liberty exists in proportion to wholesome restraint.

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.

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...

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.

We have been taught to regard a representative of the people as a sentinel on...

We have been taught to regard a representative of the people as a sentinel on...

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...