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

— Daniel Webster

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It is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying sentiment,—Independence now and Independence forever.

Discourse in Commemoration of Adams and Jefferson (1826)

There is nothing so powerful as truth — and often nothing so strange.

Argument on the murder of Captain Joseph White (1830)

One country, one constitution, one destiny.

When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization.

On the Agriculture of England (1840)

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)

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