Quote#Freedom
Let our object be, our country, our whole country, and nothing but…
Quote byDaniel Webster · 1782–1852
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Address on Laying the Cornerstone of the Bunker Hill Monument (1825), p. 78.
English (original)
Let our object be, our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country. And, by the blessing of God, may that country itself become a vast and splendid monument, not of oppression and terror, but of Wisdom, of Peace, and of Liberty, upon which the world may gaze with admiration for ever!
— Daniel Webster
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