Daniel Webster

Mind is the great lever of all things; human thought is the process by which human ends are ultimately answered.

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

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

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

He who tampers with the currency robs labor of its bread.

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