 | Lewis Copeland, Lawrence W. Lamm, Stephen J. McKenna - 1999 - 978 pages
...excess, the effort ought to he, by foree of public opinion, to mitigate and assuage it. A tire not to he quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent...should consume. It is important, likewise, that the hahits of thinking, in a free country, should inspire caution in those entrusted with its administration,... | |
 | Jeffery A. Smith - 1999 - 337 pages
...essential that public opinion should be enlightened." Warning against "the spirit of party," he said, "A fire not to be quenched; it demands a uniform vigilance...flame, lest instead of warming it should consume." He also cautioned against any "usurpation" of the Constitution, saying that "the precedent must always... | |
 | George Washington - 1999 - 142 pages
...your countenance be pleasant but in serious matters somewhat grave. Rules of Civility, 1745 Faction A fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance...flame, lest instead of warming it should consume. Farewell Address, Philadelphia, September 19, 1796 False Economy No person wishes more to save money... | |
 | Jim F. Watts, Fred L. Israel - 2000 - 416 pages
...constant danger of excess, the effon ought to be by force of public opinion to mitigate and assuage it. A fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform...prevent its bursting into a flame, lest, instead of wanning, it should consume. It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking in a free country... | |
 | Jules Witcover - 2001 - 324 pages
..."foments occasionally riot and insurrection," and he compared it to "a fire not to be quenched [that] demands a uniform vigilance to prevent its bursting...flame, lest instead of warming it should consume." Yet, from colonial days, the concept of party inevitably took hold. Landowners who elected each other... | |
 | Michael Waldman - 363 pages
...constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be by force of public opinion to mitigate and assuage it. A fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform...in a free country should inspire caution in those intrusted with its administration to confine themselves within their respective constitutional spheres,... | |
 | Stephen Howard Browne - 2003 - 180 pages
...excess," Washington warned, "the effort ought to be by force of public opinion, to mitigate and assuage it. A fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform...flame, lest, instead of warming, it should consume." 20 In such language George Washington, America's version of Bolingbroke's idealized "Patriot King,"... | |
 | William Barclay Allen, Carol M. Allen - 276 pages
...constant danger of excess. the effort ought to be. by force of public opinion. to mitigate and assuage it. A fire not to be quenched: it demands a uniform...flame. lest instead of warming it should consume. Fortitude The final of these four virtues. fortitude. in this context pertains to the loyalty of citizens... | |
 | William F. Jr Cox - 2004 - 558 pages
...you resist with care the spirit of innovation upon its principles, however specious the pretexts... It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking...in a free country should inspire caution in those intrusted with its administration to confine themselves within their respective Constitutional spheres,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 2005 - 417 pages
...constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be, by force of public opinion, to mitigate and assuage it. — A fire not to be quenched; it demands a uniform...lest, [instead of warming, it should] § consume, — lt is important, likewise,, that the habits of thinking in a free country should inspire caution... | |
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From their natural tendency it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose, and there being constant danger of excess the effort ought to be by force of public opinion to mitigate and assuage it. A fire not to be quenched,... 
