Noah Webster Quotes: Famous Inspirational Quotes And Sayings
Noah Webster (1758-10-16 – 1843-04-28) was an American lexicographer, textbook author, Bible translator and spelling reformer.
Noah Webster Quotes:
Noah Webster Quotes
1. The heart should be cultivated with more assiduity than the head.
― Noah Webster
2. 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
3. The moral principles and precepts contained in the Scripture ought to form the basis of all our civil constitutions and laws.
― Noah Webster
4. Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be, on any pretence, raised in the United States.
― Noah Webster
5. Facts which were new to me were daily presenting themselves to my mind.
― Noah Webster
6. It is alleged by men of loose principles , or defective views of the subject, that religion and morality are not necessary or important qualifications for political station. When a citizen gives his vote to a man of immorality , he abuses his civic responsibilty. He sacrifices not only his own interest but that of his neighbor, and he betrays the interest of his country.
― Noah Webster
7. He only can be esteemed really and permanently happy, who enjoys peace of mind in the favor of God.
― Noah Webster
8. In the formation of our constitution the wisdom of all ages is collected--the legislators of antiquity are consulted, as well as the opinions and interests of the millions who are concerned. It short, it is an empire of reason.
― Noah Webster
9. Whether you reed or rite, accustom yourselves to stand at a high desk
― Noah Webster
10. The causes which destroyed the ancient republics were numerous; but in Rome, one principal cause was the vast inequality of fortunes.
― Noah Webster
11. Every child in America should be acquainted with his own country. He should read books that furnish him with ideas that will be useful to him in life and practice. As soon as he opens his lips, he should rehearse the history of his own country.
― Noah Webster
12. But while property is considered as the basis of the freedom of the American yeomanry, there are other auxiliary supports; among which is the information of the people. In no country, is education so general -- in no country, have the body of the people such a knowledge of the rights of men and the principles of government. This knowledge, joined with a keen sense of liberty and a watchful jealousy, will guard our constitutions and awaken the people to an instantaneous resistance of encroachments.
― Noah Webster
13. 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
14. The heart should be cultivated with more assiduity than the head.
― Noah Webster
15. 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. ... 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
16. Nothing has a greater tendency to lessen the reverence which mankind ought to have for the Supreme Being, than a careless repetition of his name upon every trifling occasion . . . . To prevent this profanation, such passages are selected from scripture, as contain some important precepts of morality and religion, in which that sacred name is seldom mentioned. Let sacred things be appropriated to sacred purposes.
― Noah Webster
17. The reasonableness of the command to obey parents is clear to children, even when quite young.
― Noah Webster
18. The bringing up, as of a child; instruction; formation of manners. Education comprehends all that series of instruction and discipline which is intended to enlighten the understanding, correct the temper, and form the manners and habits of youth, and fit them for usefulness in their future stations. To give children a good education in manners, arts and science, is important; to give them a religious education is indispensable; and an immense responsibility rests on parents and guardians who neglect these duties.
― Noah Webster
19. Unaffected modesty is the sweetest charm of female excellence, the richest gem in the diadem of her honor.
― Noah Webster
20. 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
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