Good intentions will always be pleaded, for every assumption of power; but they cannot justify it ... It is hardly too strong to say, that the Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intention, real or pretended.
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 … - Daniel Webster
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 …
- Daniel Webster
Falsehoods not only disagree with truths, but usually quarrel among themselves. - Daniel Webster
Falsehoods not only disagree with truths, but usually quarrel among themselves.
There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters - Daniel Webster
There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters
The Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions - Daniel Webster
The Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions
Human beings will generally exercise power when they can get it, and they will exercise it most undoubtedly in popular governments under pretense of … - Daniel Webster
Human beings will generally exercise power when they can get it, and they will exercise it most undoubtedly in popular governments under pretense of …
Keep cool; anger is not an argument. - Daniel Webster
Keep cool; anger is not an argument.
The proper function of a government is to make it easy for the people to do good, and difficult for them to do evil. - Daniel Webster
The proper function of a government is to make it easy for the people to do good, and difficult for them to do evil.
The most important thought that ever occupied my mind is that of my individual responsibility to God. - Daniel Webster
The most important thought that ever occupied my mind is that of my individual responsibility to God.
There is no nation on earth powerful enough to accomplish our overthrow. Our destruction, should it come at all, will be from anothe quarter. From th… - Daniel Webster
There is no nation on earth powerful enough to accomplish our overthrow. Our destruction, should it come at all, will be from anothe quarter. From th…
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