12 Quotes by Daniel Webster about Government

  • Author Daniel Webster
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    Our destruction, should it come at all, will be from...the inattention of the people to the concerns of their government, from their carelessness and negligence.

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    Nothing will ruin the country if the people themselves will' undertake its safety, and nothing can save it, if they leave that safety in any hands but their own.

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    The freest government, if it could exist, would not be long acceptable, if the tendency of the laws were to create a rapid accumulation of property in a few hands, and to render the great mass of the population dependent and penniless.

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