Quote#Politics & Power
The law: It has honored us; may we honor it
Quote byDaniel Webster · 1782–1852
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Speech at the Charleston Bar Dinner (May 10, 1847); reported in Edward Everett, ed., The Works of Daniel Webster (1851), Vol. II, p. 394.
English (original)
The law: It has honored us; may we honor it.
— Daniel Webster
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