I have read their platform, and though I think there are some unsound places in it, I can stand upon it pretty well. But I see nothing in it both new and valuable. "What is valuable is not new, and what is new is not valuable."


Speech at Marshfield, MA (September 1, 1848); reported in Edward Everett, ed., The Works of Daniel Webster (1851), page 433.

Daniel Webster Quotes

I have read their platform, and though I think there are some unsound places in it, I can stand upon it pretty well. But I see nothing in it both new ...

I have read their platform, and though I think there are some unsound places in it, I can stand upon it pretty well. But I see nothing in it both new ...

I have read their platform, and though I think there are some unsound places in it, I can stand upon it pretty well. But I see nothing in it both new ...

I have read their platform, and though I think there are some unsound places in it, I can stand upon it pretty well. But I see nothing in it both new ...