On the diffusion of education among the people rest the preservation and perpetuation of our free institutions.
- Daniel Webster
Rest, Preservation, Institutions
Man is a special being, and if left to himself, in an isolated condition, would be one of the weakest creatures; but associated with his kind, he works wonders.
- Daniel Webster
Kind, Creatures, Works, Weakest
The contest for ages has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power.
- Daniel Webster
Grasp, Been, Executive, Contest
Let it be borne on the flag under which we rally in every exigency, that we have one country, one constitution, one destiny.
- Daniel Webster
Destiny, Country, Which, One Country
One country, one constitution, one destiny.
- Daniel Webster
Destiny, Country, One Country
The right of an inventor to his invention is no monopoly - in any other sense than a man's house is a monopoly.
- Daniel Webster
Other, Monopoly, His, Invention
We are all agents of the same supreme power, the people.
- Daniel Webster
Same, Supreme, Supreme Power, Agents
It is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying sentiment, independence now and independence forever.
- Daniel Webster
Dying, Living, Sentiment, Blessing
How little do they see what really is, who frame their hasty judgment upon that which seems.
- Daniel Webster
See, How, Which, Frame
The world is governed more by appearance than realities so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it.
- Daniel Webster
Society, World, Appearance, Fully
Inconsistencies of opinion, arising from changes of circumstances, are often justifiable.
- Daniel Webster
Changes, Circumstances, Arising
Falsehoods not only disagree with truths, but usually quarrel among themselves.
- Daniel Webster
Disagree, Among, Truths, Falsehoods
Mind is the great lever of all things; human thought is the process by which human ends are ultimately answered.
- Daniel Webster
Mind, Process, Which, All Things
I mistrust the judgment of every man in a case in which his own wishes are concerned.
- Daniel Webster
Mistrust, Concerned, Which, Case
Liberty exists in proportion to wholesome restraint.
- Daniel Webster
Liberty, Proportion, Exists, Restraint
The most important thought that ever occupied my mind is that of my individual responsibility to God.
- Daniel Webster
Important, Most, Ever, Occupied
Let us not forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man. When tillage begins, other arts will follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of civilization.
- Daniel Webster
Gardening, Other, Cultivation
He who tampers with the currency robs labor of its bread.
- Daniel Webster
Bread, He, Who, Currency
A disordered currency is one of the greatest political evils.
- Daniel Webster
Political, Greatest, Evils, Currency
Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.
- Daniel Webster
Politics, Which, Civilized, Sir
Whatever government is not a government of laws, is a despotism, let it be called what it may.
- Daniel Webster
Government, Laws, May, Despotism
We have been taught to regard a representative of the people as a sentinel on the watch-tower of liberty.
- Daniel Webster
Been, Taught, Sentinel, Representative
Every unpunished murder takes away something from the security of every man's life.
- Daniel Webster
Man, Security, Away, Unpunished
The materials of wealth are in the earth, in the seas, and in their natural and unaided productions.
- Daniel Webster
Wealth, Natural, Materials, Seas
Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.
- Daniel Webster
Men, Makes, Christians, Citizens
What a man does for others, not what they do for him, gives him immortality.
- Daniel Webster
Man, Immortality, Does, Gives
The people's government, made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people.
- Daniel Webster
Government, People, Made, For The People
A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.
- Daniel Webster
Liberty, Country, Nor, Subsist
When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization.
- Daniel Webster
Civilization, Farmers, Other, Therefore
God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.
- Daniel Webster
Love, Always, Grants, Ready
The law: it has honored us; may we honor it.
- Daniel Webster
Law, Honor, May, Honored
An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, the power to destroy.
- Daniel Webster
Destroy, Unlimited, Involves, Tax
There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is confession.
- Daniel Webster
Suicide, Refuge, Confession
Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable.
- Daniel Webster
Liberty, Now, Inseparable, Union
Failure is more frequently from want of energy than want of capital.
- Daniel Webster
Failure, More, Capital, Frequently
No man not inspired can make a good speech without preparation.
- Daniel Webster
Man, Speech, Make, Inspired
There is always room at the top.
- Daniel Webster
Motivational, Top, Always, Room
A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures.
- Daniel Webster
Strong, Parent, Measures, Conviction
There is nothing so powerful as truth, and often nothing so strange.
- Daniel Webster
Truth, Powerful, Nothing, Strange
I was born an American; I will live an American; I shall die an American.
- Daniel Webster
Die, Born, Will, I Was Born
Keep cool; anger is not an argument.
- Daniel Webster
Anger, Cool, Keep, Argument
Wisdom begins at the end.
- Daniel Webster
Wisdom, End, Begins
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