Whatever government is not a government of laws, is a despotism, let it be called what it may.

Daniel Webster

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Rule of law Law Government Tyranny

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Daniel Webster

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Political speech

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English

Time

1835 1830s 19th century

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Lawyer Politician

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United States

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Webster, Daniel. "Remarks Made at Reception." 25 Aug. 1835, Bangor, ME, USA.

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Literary Ethics." 24 July 1838, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA.

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Democracy is the worst form of Government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.

Winston Churchill

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1947 1940s 20th century
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Churchill, Winston. Address in the House of Commons. House of Commons meeting. 11 Nov. 1947, The Palace of Westminster, London, England, UK.

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For this is what America is all about. It is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed ridge. It is the star that is not reached and the harvest that's sleeping in the unplowed ground. Is our world gone? We say farewell. Is a new world coming? We welcome it, and we will bend it to the hopes of man.

Lyndon B. Johnson

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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Time
1965 1960s 20th century
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Johnson, Lyndon B. "Second Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1965, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.