Whatever government is not a government of laws, is a despotism, let it be called what it may.

Daniel Webster

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Rule of law Law Government Tyranny

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Daniel Webster

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Speech

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Political speech

Language

English

Time

1835 1830s 19th century

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Lawyer Politician

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United States

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Citation

Webster, Daniel. "Remarks Made at Reception." 25 Aug. 1835, Bangor, ME, USA.

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The revolution is like Saturn-it eats its children.

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Buchner, George. Dantons Tod [Danton's Death]. 5 Jan. 1902, Berlin, Germany, act 1, sc. 5.

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In such condition there is no place for industry, because the fruit thereof is uncertain... And the life of man solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.

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For this is what America is all about. It is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed ridge. It is the star that is not reached and the harvest that's sleeping in the unplowed ground. Is our world gone? We say farewell. Is a new world coming? We welcome it, and we will bend it to the hopes of man.

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