Mind is the great lever of all things; human thought is the process by which human ends are ultimately answered; and the diffusion of knowledge, so astonishing in the last half-century, has rendered innumerable minds, variously gifted by nature, competent to be competitors or fellow-workers on the theatre of intellectual operation.
Daniel WebsterGood 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.
Daniel WebsterLabor in this country is independent and proud. It has not to ask the patronage of capital, but capital solicits the aid of labor.
Daniel WebsterInconsistencies of opinion, arising from changes of circumstances, are often justifiable.
Daniel Webster