"There are persons who constantly clamor. They complain of oppression, speculation, and pernicious influence of wealth. They cry out loudly against all banks and corporations, and a means by which small capitalists become united in order to produce important and beneficial results. They carry on mad hostility against all established institutions. They would choke the fountain of industry and dry all streams."
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Members of the United States SenateAgronomistsUnited States presidential candidates, 1852United States presidential candidates, 1848United States presidential candidates, 1836
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Speech in the Senate (12 March 1838)
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Daniel Webster
1782 – 1852
US-amerikanischer Staatsmann und Jurist
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