Ocupation: Former United States Senator
Life: January 18, 1782 - October 24, 1852
Birthday: January 18
Death: October 24
Good intentions will always be pleaded, for every assumption of power; but they cannot justify it ... It is hardly too strong to say, that the Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intention, real or pretended.
source: Daniel Webster (1854). “The speeches of Daniel Webster and his master-pieces”, p.282
topic: Strong, Real, Gun, Property Rights, Freedom Liberty, Rights And Freedoms, Anti Gun, Forefathers, Us Constitution