Philosophical argument has sometimes shaken my reason for the faith that was in me; but my heart has always assured me that the Gospel of Jesus Christ must be reality. – Daniel Webster
The contest for ages has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power. – Daniel Webster
An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, the power to destroy. – Daniel Webster
Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens. – Daniel Webster
The wise men of old have sent most of their morality down the stream of time in the light skiff of apothegm or epigram; and the proverbs of nations, which embody the commonsense of nations, have the brisk concussion of the most sparkling wit. – Edwin P. Whipple, lecture delivered before the Boston Mercantile Library Associa