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Daniel Webster Quotes: Liberty exists in proportion to wholesome restraint; the more restraint on others to keep off from us, the more liberty we have.
         

Liberty exists in proportion to wholesome restraint; the more restraint on others to keep off from us, the more liberty we have.


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Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.



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The contest for ages has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power.



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The most important thought that ever occupied my mind is that of my individual responsibility to God.



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



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The proper function of a government is to make it easy for the people to do good, and difficult for them to do evil.



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If all my possessions were taken from me with one exception, I would choose to keep the power of communication, for by it I would soon regain all the rest



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The inherent right in the people to reform their government, I do not deny; and they have another right, and that is to resist unconstitutional laws without overturning the government.



Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.

Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.



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

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





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