Daniel Webster

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

We are all agents of the same supreme power, the people. ”

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

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

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. ”

A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue. ”

Liberty exists in proportion to wholesome restraint. ”

Wisdom begins at the end. ”

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

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