God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.
Daniel Webster on Independence Day
1782–1852
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Let our object be, our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country.
Address on Laying the Cornerstone of the Bunker Hill Monument (1825)
Liberty exists in proportion to wholesome restraint.
"Thank God, I — I also — am an American!"
On the Completion of the Bunker Hill Monument (1843)
The contest, for ages, has been to rescue Liberty from the grasp of executive power.
Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote.
Discourse in Commemoration of Adams and Jefferson (1826)
Independence now: and INDEPENDENCE FOREVER.
If the true spark of religious and civil liberty be kindled, it will burn.
Address on Laying the Cornerstone of the Bunker Hill Monument (1825)
As there was no liberty in Spain, how could liberty be transmitted to Spanish colonies?
On the Completion of the Bunker Hill Monument (1843)
I was born an American; I live an American; I shall die an American!
speech regarding The Bunker Hill Monument (1825)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Daniel Webster (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.