ᐅ 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. – Daniel Webster | QuotesTrue.com

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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.

Daniel Webster

Daniel Webster (1854). “The speeches of Daniel Webster and his master-pieces”, p.282

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