The right of an inventor to his invention is no monopoly; in any other sense than a mans house is a monopoly. – Daniel Webster
The world is governed more by appearance than realities so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it. – Daniel Webster
This is a Senate of equals, of men of individual honor and personal character, and of absolute independence. We know no masters, we acknowledge no dictators. This is a hall for mutual consultation and discussion; not an arena for the exhibition of champions. – Daniel Webster
On the diffusion of education among the people rest the preservation and perpetuation of our free institutions. – Daniel Webster