Quotes by Noah Webster

“But when thou findest sensibility of heart, joined with softness of manners, an accomplished mind, and religion, united with sweetness of temper, modest deportment, and a love of domestic life; suc...”

“Tyranny is the exercise of some power over a man, which is not warranted by law, or necessary for the public safety. A people can never be deprived of their liberties, while they retain in their ow...”

“The foundation of all free government and all social order must be laid in families and in the discipline of youth. Young persons must not only be furnished with knowledge, but they must be accusto...”

“The reasonableness of the command to obey parents is clear to children, even when quite young.”

“When a citizen gives his suffrage to a man of known immorality he abuses his trust; he sacrifices not only his own interest, but that of his neighbor; he betrays the interest of his country.”

“There iz no alternativ. Every possible reezon that could ever be offered for altering the spelling of wurds, stil exists in full force; and if a gradual reform should not be made in our language, i...”

“In selecting men for office, let principle be your guide. Regard not the particular sect or denomination of the candidate - look to his character.”

“A pure democracy is generally a very bad government, It is often the most tyrannical government on earth; for a multitude is often rash, and will not hear reason.”

“Unaffected modesty is the sweetest charm of female excellence, the richest gem in the diadem of her honor.”

“[I]f the citizens neglect their Duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted; laws will be made, not for the public good so much as for selfish or local purposes...”

“All the miseries and evils which men suffer from vice, crime, ambition, injustice, oppression, slavery and war, proceed from their despising or neglecting the precepts contained in the Bible.”

“It is the sincere desire of the writer that our citizens should early understand that the genuine source of correct republican principles is the bible, particularly the New Testament or the Christi...”

“In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed.”

“The Bible must be considered as the great source of all the truth by which men are to be guided in government as well as in all social transactions.”

“Facts which were new to me were daily presenting themselves to my mind.”

“Language as well as the faculty of speech was the immediate gift of God.”

“Power is always right weakness always wrong. Power is always insolent and despotic.”

“Language as well as the faculty of speech was the immediate gift of God.”

“Power is always right weakness always wrong. Power is always insolent and despotic.”

“The American states have gone far in assisting the progress of truth; but they have stopped short of perfection. They ought to have given every honest citizen an equal right to enjoy his religion a...”