God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always
ready to guard and defend it. It is true that liberty is precious
---- so precious that it must be rationed. Those who dream by
day are cognizant of many things which escape those who
dream only by night. No book is serviceable until it has been
read. and re-read, and loved ... so that you can refer to the
passage you want. One morning I awoke to find myself rich.
The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their
interests and his own are the same.
God grants liberty only to those who love it and are always ready to guard and defend it. Let our object be our country. And, by the blessing of God, may that country itself become a vast and splendid monument, not of oppression and terror, but of wisdom, of peace, and of liberty, upon which the world may gaze with admiration forever!
Daniel Webster
