Webster, Daniel

"Let us not forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labour of man. When tillage begins, other arts will follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of civilisation."

"Liberty exists in proportion to wholesome restraint."

"Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilised beings and civilised nations together."

"We are all agents of the same supreme power, the people."

"[democracy]. . . the people's government made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people." - speech (1830)