It would seem, then, to be the part of political wisdom to found government on property; and to establish such distribution of property, by the laws which regulate its transmission and alienation, as to interest the great majority of society in the protection of the government.
Daniel WebsterOur 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.
Daniel WebsterNow is the time when men work quietly in the fields and women weep softly in the kitchen; the legislature is in session and no man's property is safe.
Daniel Webster