Daniel Webster

The most important thought that ever occupied my mind is that of my individual responsibility to God.

Every unpunished murder takes away something from the security of every man's life.

Liberty exists in proportion to wholesome restraint.

While Obama might not push college education exclusively, like most Democrats he does oversell it and does shortchange the alternatives. And millions of young Americans pay the price.

A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.

We stand in the shadow of Jefferson who believed that a society founded upon the rule of law and liberty was dependent upon public education and the diffusion of knowledge.