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Daniel Webster quotes about power

American Statesman January 18, 1782 – October 24, 1852

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If religious books are not widely circulated among the masses in this country, I do not know what is going to become of us as a nation. If truth be not diffused, then error will be. If God and His Word are not known and received, the devil and his works will gain the ascendency. If the evangelical volume does not reach every hamlet, the pages of a corrupt and licentious literature will. If the power of the gospel is not felt throughout the length and breadth of this land, anarchy and misrule,... Daniel Webster
There is no nation on earth powerful enough to accomplish our overthrow. Our destruction, should it come at all, will be from another quarter. From the inattention of the people to the concerns of their government, from their carelessness and negligence. I must confess that I do apprehend some danger. I fear that they may place too implicit a confidence in their public servants, and fail properly to scrutinize their conduct; that in this way they may be made the dupes of designing men, and... Daniel Webster
If all my possessions were taken from me with one exception, I would choose to keep the power of communication, for by it I would soon regain all the rest Daniel Webster
Daniel Webster quote: "We are all agents of the same supreme power, the people."
We are all agents of the same supreme power, the people. Daniel Webster
Daniel Webster quote: "The contest for ages has been to rescue liberty from the grasp..."
The contest for ages has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power. Daniel Webster
Daniel Webster quote: "There is nothing so powerful as truth, and often nothing so..."
There is nothing so powerful as truth, and often nothing so strange. Daniel Webster
Daniel Webster quote: "An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, the power to..."
An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, the power to destroy. Daniel Webster

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