Liberty exists in proportion to wholesome restraint.

Quote by Daniel Webster

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I was born an American; I will live an American; I shall die an American.

I was born an American; I will live an American; I shall die an American.

On the diffusion of education among the people rest the preservation and perpetuation of our...

On the diffusion of education among the people rest the preservation and perpetuation of our...

A fair return for their labor so as to have good homes, good clothing, good...

A fair return for their labor so as to have good homes, good clothing, good...

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...

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...

The world is governed more by appearance than realities so that it is fully as...

The world is governed more by appearance than realities so that it is fully as...

Keep cool; anger is not an argument.

Keep cool; anger is not an argument.

Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable.

Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable.

Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.

Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.

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...

Keep cool; anger is not an argument

Keep cool; anger is not an argument

It is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my...

It is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my...

Let it be borne on the flag under which we rally in every exigency, that...

Let it be borne on the flag under which we rally in every exigency, that...

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

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

A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures

A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures

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

The law: It has honored us; may we honor it

The law: It has honored us; may we honor it

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.

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...

Falsehoods not only disagree with truths, but usually quarrel among themselves.

Falsehoods not only disagree with truths, but usually quarrel among themselves.