Daniel Webster Quotes:
Ocupation: Former United States Senator
Life: January 18, 1782 - October 24, 1852
Birthday: January 18
Death: October 24
We are in danger of being overwhelmed with irredeemable paper, mere paper, representing not gold nor silver; no sir, representing nothing but broken promises, bad faith, bankrupt corporations, cheated creditors and a ruined people.
source: Daniel Webster, Edward Everett (1860). “Speeches in Congress”, p.413
topic: People, Broken, Historical, Monetary System, Being Overwhelmed
