Daniel Webster
Daniel Webster
Daniel Websterwas an American statesman who twice served in the United States House of Representatives, representing New Hampshireand Massachusetts, served as a U.S. Senator from Massachusettsand was twice the United States Secretary of State, under Presidents William Henry Harrison and John Tylerand Millard Fillmore. Along with James G. Blaine, he is one of only two people who have served as Secretary of State under three presidents. He also sought the Whig Party nomination for President three times: in 1836, 1840...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth18 January 1782
CitySalisbury, NH
CountryUnited States of America
Daniel Webster quotes about
I mistrust the judgment of every man in a case in which his own wishes are concerned.
Whatever government is not a government of laws, is a despotism, let it be called what it may.
When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization.
What a man does for others, not what they do for him, gives him immortality.