Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| NUMBER: | 1977 |
| AUTHOR: | Daniel Webster (1782–1852) |
| QUOTATION: | Gentlemen, the character of Washington is among the most cherished contemplations of my life. It is a fixed star in the firmament of great names, shining without twinkling or obscuration, with clear, steady, beneficent light. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Webster served in Congress as a representative from New Hampshire, 1813–1817, and from Massachusetts, 1823–1827, and as a senator from Massachusetts, 1827–1841 and 1845–1850. |
| SUBJECTS: | Washington, George (1732–1799) |