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Noah Webster Quotes: "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."

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.



Noah Webster Quotes: "Language is the expression of ideas, and if the people of one country cannot preserve an identity of ideas they cannot retain an identity of language."

Language is the expression of ideas, and if the people of one country cannot preserve an identity of ideas they cannot retain an identity of language.




Noah Webster Quotes: "In selecting men for office, let principle be your guide. Regard not the particular sect or denomination of the candidate-look to his character."

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



Noah Webster Quotes: "No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people."

No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people.




Noah Webster Quotes: "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."

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.



Noah Webster Quotes: "Any system of education...which limits instruction to the arts and sciences and rejects the aids of religion in forming the characters of citizens, is essentially defective."

Any system of education...which limits instruction to the arts and sciences and rejects the aids of religion in forming the characters of citizens, is essentially defective.



Noah Webster Quotes: "The heart should be cultivated with more assiduity than the head."

The heart should be cultivated with more assiduity than the head.




Noah Webster Quotes: "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."

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.



Noah Webster Quotes: "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."

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.



Noah Webster Quotes: "The man who has half a million of dollars in property... has a much higher interest in the government, than the man who has little or no property."

The man who has half a million of dollars in property... has a much higher interest in the government, than the man who has little or no property.



Noah Webster Quotes: "In some countries the common people are not permitted to read the Bible at all. In ours, it is as common as a newspaper and in schools is read with nearly the same degree of respect."

In some countries the common people are not permitted to read the Bible at all. In ours, it is as common as a newspaper and in schools is read with nearly the same degree of respect.



Noah Webster Quotes: "The virtues of men are of more consequence to society than their abilities, and for this reason, the heart should be cultivated with more assiduity than the head."

The virtues of men are of more consequence to society than their abilities, and for this reason, the heart should be cultivated with more assiduity than the head.




Noah Webster Quotes: "The causes which destroyed the ancient republics were numerous; but in Rome, one principal cause was the vast inequality of fortunes."

The causes which destroyed the ancient republics were numerous; but in Rome, one principal cause was the vast inequality of fortunes.



Noah Webster Quotes: "Discipline our youth in early life in sound maxims of moral, political, and religious duties."

Discipline our youth in early life in sound maxims of moral, political, and religious duties.



Noah Webster Quotes: "The education of youth, an employment of more consequence than making laws and preaching the gospel, because it lays the foundation on which both law and gospel rest for success."

The education of youth, an employment of more consequence than making laws and preaching the gospel, because it lays the foundation on which both law and gospel rest for success.



Noah Webster Quotes: "Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every country in Europe."

Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every country in Europe.



Noah Webster Quotes: "A national language is a band of national union."

A national language is a band of national union.



Noah Webster Quotes: "An immense effect may be produced by small powers wisely and steadily directed."

An immense effect may be produced by small powers wisely and steadily directed.



Noah Webster Quotes: "Almost all the civil liberty now enjoyed in the world owes its origin to the principles of the christian religion."

Almost all the civil liberty now enjoyed in the world owes its origin to the principles of the christian religion.



Noah Webster Quotes: "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."

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.



Noah Webster Quotes: "But the reasonableness of this command to obey parents, is clear, and easily understood by children, even when quite young."

But the reasonableness of this command to obey parents, is clear, and easily understood by children, even when quite young.



Noah Webster Quotes: "The moral principles and precepts contained in the Scripture ought to form the basis of all our civil constitutions and laws."

The moral principles and precepts contained in the Scripture ought to form the basis of all our civil constitutions and laws.



Noah Webster Quotes: "To exterminate our popular vices is a work of far more importance to the character and happiness of our citizens than any other improvements in our system of education."

To exterminate our popular vices is a work of far more importance to the character and happiness of our citizens than any other improvements in our system of education.



Noah Webster Quotes: "Power is always right, weakness always wrong. Power is always insolent and despotic."

Power is always right, weakness always wrong. Power is always insolent and despotic.



Noah Webster Quotes: "The Bible is the chief moral cause of all that is good and the best corrector of all that is evil in human society; the best book for regulating the temporal [secular] concerns of men."

The Bible is the chief moral cause of all that is good and the best corrector of all that is evil in human society; the best book for regulating the temporal [secular] concerns of men.



Noah Webster Quotes: "The laws are the sole guardians of right, and when the magistrate dares not act, every person is insecure."

The laws are the sole guardians of right, and when the magistrate dares not act, every person is insecure.



Noah Webster Quotes: "The Moral Law is summarily contained in the Decalogue or Ten Commandments; written by the finger of God on two tablets of stone, and delivered to Moses on Mount Sinai."

The Moral Law is summarily contained in the Decalogue or Ten Commandments; written by the finger of God on two tablets of stone, and delivered to Moses on Mount Sinai.



Noah Webster Quotes: "Unaffected modesty is the sweetest charm of female excellence, the richest gem in the diadem of her honor."

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



Noah Webster Quotes: "The ecclesiastical establishments of Europe which serve to support tyrannical governments are not the Christian religion but abuses and corruptions of it."

The ecclesiastical establishments of Europe which serve to support tyrannical governments are not the Christian religion but abuses and corruptions of it.



Noah Webster Quotes: "Compassion is a mixed passion, composed of love and sorrow."

Compassion is a mixed passion, composed of love and sorrow.



Noah Webster Quotes: "Language, as well as the faculty of speech, was the immediate gift of God."

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



Noah Webster Quotes: "Relief of distress or compassion shown to victims of misfortune. A blessing that is an act of Divine compassion."

Relief of distress or compassion shown to victims of misfortune. A blessing that is an act of Divine compassion.



Noah Webster Quotes: "Let us reject the spirit of making proselytes to particular creeds by any other means than persuasion."

Let us reject the spirit of making proselytes to particular creeds by any other means than persuasion.



Noah Webster Quotes: "Might his last glance behold the glorious ensign of the Republic still full high advanced, its arms and trophies streaming in all their original lustre."

Might his last glance behold the glorious ensign of the Republic still full high advanced, its arms and trophies streaming in all their original lustre.



Noah Webster Quotes: "Ability is active power, or power to perform."

Ability is active power, or power to perform.



Noah Webster Quotes: "Treason is the highest crime of a civil nature of which a man can be guilty."

Treason is the highest crime of a civil nature of which a man can be guilty.



Noah Webster Quotes: "The Bible was America's basic textbook in all fields."

The Bible was America's basic textbook in all fields.



Noah Webster Quotes: "Power is always right weakness always wrong. Power is always insolent and despotic."

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



Noah Webster Quotes: "Language as well as the faculty of speech was the immediate gift of God."

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



Noah Webster Quotes: "Facts which were new to me were daily presenting themselves to my mind."

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



Noah Webster Quotes: "In selecting men for office, let principle be your guide. Regard not the particular sect or denomination of the candidate - look to his character."

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



Noah Webster Quotes: "The reasonableness of the command to obey parents is clear to children, even when quite young."

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