United States
Noah Webster
said
Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom in Europe.
— An Examination of the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution (1787), p. 32
Noah Webster
American lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English-language spelling reformer, writer, editor and author (1758-1843)
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Lived 1758–1843, aged 85United States
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He decided how Americans would spell "color" instead of "colour" and gave the country its first major dictionary — then spent decades trying to convince a young nation it needed its own language to match its independence.
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Born in West Hartford, Connecticut in 1758, Webster graduated from Yale in 1778 and passed the bar but couldn't find legal work. He opened a private school and wrote the "Blue-Back Speller," textbooks that taught generations of American children to read. A fervent supporter of the Revolution and the Constitution, he believed American nationalism required its own intellectual foundation, distinct from European values. Alexander Hamilton recruited him to New York in 1793 to edit a Federalist newspaper; he returned to Connecticut in 1798 and served in the state legislature. In 1806 he published A…
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Noah Webster
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The American states have gone far in assisting the progress of truth; but they have stopped short of perfection.
— Sketches of American Policy. (1785) p.27
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