Quote by Daniel Webster

Liberty consists in wholesome restraint.

Liberty consists in wholesome restraint.

Summary

This quote highlights the idea that true freedom or liberty lies in the presence of necessary limits or control. It suggests that freedom should not be understood as a complete absence of constraint, but rather as a state in which individuals are guided and regulated by measures that promote well-being and overall harmony. The quote emphasizes the importance of applying reasonable boundaries or restraints to ensure a balanced and healthy society, suggesting that true liberty is found within this context of balanced limitation.

Topics

By Daniel Webster

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Patience can be bitter but her fruit is always sweet.

Patience can be bitter but her fruit is always sweet.

Success Persistence Patience Desire Inspirational Determination Hard Work

When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, i

When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else. Most people in the city rush around so, they have no time to look at a flower. I want them to see it whether they want to or not.

Georgia O'Keeffe

Of all the senses, sight must be the most delightful.

Of all the senses, sight must be the most delightful.

If I was designing a web site for elementary school children

If I was designing a web site for elementary school children, I might have a much higher percentage of older computers with outdated browsers since keeping up with browser and hardware technology has not traditionally been a strong point of most elementary schools.

'Tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus

'Tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus

William Shakespeare

'The Christmas Song,' by Nat King Cole, is not only a master

'The Christmas Song,' by Nat King Cole, is not only a masterful performance to me it just sounds like the holidays. I've never sung it, because Nat's version is so perfect. I gotta leave it alone.

Harry Connick, Jr.

You don't know me. You know one me, just like I know one you

You don't know me. You know one me, just like I know one you. And you can't know every me, and I can't know every you.

Life People You Know

Love is the only freedom in the world because it so elevates

Love is the only freedom in the world because it so elevates the spirit that the laws of humanity and the phenomena of nature do not alter its course

Time takes away the grief of men.

Time takes away the grief of men.

Desiderius Erasmus

I don't think it is given to any of us to be impertinent to

I don't think it is given to any of us to be impertinent to great religions with impunity.

Later, with strange galaxies turning in slow gavotte overhea

Later, with strange galaxies turning in slow gavotte overhead, neither thought the act of love had ever been so sweet, so full

The very stone one kicks with one's boot will outlast Shakes

The very stone one kicks with one's boot will outlast Shakespeare.

Life Shakespeare