Daniel Webster

Wisdom begins at the end.

Wisdom begins at the end.

That name was a power to rally a nation in the hour of
thick-thronging public disasters and calamities; that read more

That name was a power to rally a nation in the hour of
thick-thronging public disasters and calamities; that name shone
amid the storm of war, a beacon light to cheer and guide the
country's friends; it flamed too like a meteor to repel her foes.

America has furnished to the world the character of Washington!
And if our American institutions had done nothing else, read more

America has furnished to the world the character of Washington!
And if our American institutions had done nothing else, that
alone would have entitled them to the respect of mankind.

Thank God, I--I also--am an American!

Thank God, I--I also--am an American!

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

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