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All creeds are fallible and uncertain evidences of evangelical piety.
Daniel Webster
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Daniel Webster
Age: 70 †
Born: 1782
Born: January 18
Died: 1852
Died: October 25
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Former United States Senator
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Salisbury
New Hampshire
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If the true spark of religious and civil liberty be kindled, it will burn.
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Thank God, I also am an American!
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Nothing of character is really permanent but virtue and personal worth.
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God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.
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We are in danger of being overwhelmed with irredeemable paper, mere paper, representing not gold nor silver no sir, representing nothing but broken promises, bad faith, bankrupt corporations, cheated creditors and a ruined people.
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Hold on, my friends, to the Constitution of your country and the government established under it. Leave evils which exist in some parts of the country, but which are beyond your control, to the all-wise direction of an over-ruling Providence. Perform those duties which are present, plain and positive. Respect the laws of your country.
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