Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of authority. It is hardly too strong to say that the Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions.
Quote by Daniel Webster
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An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, the power to destroy.
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Failure is more frequently from want of energy than want of capital.
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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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A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.