Liberty exists in proportion to wholesome restraint.

Quote by Daniel Webster

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Knowledge is the only fountain both of the love and the principles of human liberty

Knowledge is the only fountain both of the love and the principles of human liberty

May the sun in his course visit no land more free, more happy, more lovely,...

May the sun in his course visit no land more free, more happy, more lovely,...

Every unpunished murder takes away something from the security of every man's life

Every unpunished murder takes away something from the security of every man's life

Keep cool; anger is not an argument

Keep cool; anger is not an argument

Whatever government is not a government of laws, is a despotism, let it be called...

Whatever government is not a government of laws, is a despotism, let it be called...

We have been taught to regard a representative of the people as a sentinel on...

We have been taught to regard a representative of the people as a sentinel on...

Every unpunished murder takes away something from the security of every man's life.

Every unpunished murder takes away something from the security of every man's life.

I apprehend no danger to our country from a foreign foe... Our destruction, should it...

I apprehend no danger to our country from a foreign foe... Our destruction, should it...

Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which...

Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which...

How little do they see what really is, who frame their hasty judgment upon that...

How little do they see what really is, who frame their hasty judgment upon that...

One country, one constitution, one destiny

One country, one constitution, one destiny

An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, the power to destroy.

An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, the power to destroy.

God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard...

God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard...

What a man does for others, not what they do for him, gives him immortality.

What a man does for others, not what they do for him, gives him immortality.

I mistrust the judgment of every man in a case in which his own wishes...

I mistrust the judgment of every man in a case in which his own wishes...

There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is confession

There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is confession

Whatever government is not a government of laws, is a despotism, let it be called...

Whatever government is not a government of laws, is a despotism, let it be called...

There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is confession.

There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is confession.

Inconsistencies of opinion, arising from changes of circumstances, are often justifiable.

Inconsistencies of opinion, arising from changes of circumstances, are often justifiable.

No man not inspired can make a good speech without preparation.

No man not inspired can make a good speech without preparation.