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Daniel Webster on Veterans Day

1782–1852

← All quotes by Daniel Webster

5 quotes

Let our object be, our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country.

Address on Laying the Cornerstone of the Bunker Hill Monument (1825)

"Thank God, I — I also — am an American!"

On the Completion of the Bunker Hill Monument (1843)

Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote.

Discourse in Commemoration of Adams and Jefferson (1826)

They went to war against a preamble, they fought seven years against a declaration.

I was born an American; I live an American; I shall die an American!

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Daniel Webster (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.