 | Francis E. Brewster - 1851 - 470 էջ
...affection. " There is constant danger of the excess of party spirit. The effort ought to be by the force of public opinion to mitigate and assuage it....flame, lest, instead of warming, it should consume." — WASHINGTON'S Farewell Address. " America seems really to be cursed with some selfish, mean politicians,... | |
 | Indiana - 1851 - 720 էջ
...purely elective, it isa «pint not to ha encouraged. From their natural tendency, it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary...force of public opinion, to mitigate and assuage it. Afire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent its bursting into a flame, lest,... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton - 1851 - 946 էջ
...encouraged. From the natural tendency of such governments, it is certain there will always be enough of it for every salutary purpose, and there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be, by the force of public opinion, to mitigate and correct it. 'Tis a fire which *cannot be quenched, but... | |
 | William Hickey - 1851 - 588 էջ
...purely elective, it is a spirit not to be encouraged. From their natural tendency, it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose. And there being constant danger 223 of excess, the effort ought to be, by force of public opinion, to mitigate and assuage it. A fire... | |
 | George Washington - 1852 - 76 էջ
...purely elective, it is a spirit not to be encouraged. From their natural tendency, it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary...flame, lest, instead of warming, it should consume. It is important likewise, that the habits of thinking, in a free country, should inspire caution in... | |
 | Lewis C. Munn - 1853 - 450 էջ
...purely elective, it is a spirit not to be encouraged. From their natural tendency, it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary...flame, lest, instead of warming, it should consume. It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking, in a free country, should inspire caution in... | |
 | Richard Hofstadter - 1969 - 306 էջ
...constant danger of an excess of it. He closed this passage by branding the spirit of party in a metaphor: "A fire not to be quenched; it demands a uniform vigilance...flame, lest instead of warming, it should consume." No one can doubt that by the end of his administration Washington's role had become that of a committed... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton - 1961 - 630 էջ
...encouraged. From the natural tendency of such governments, it is certain there will always be enough of it for every salutary purpose and there being constant...the effort ought to be by force of public opinion to not to mitigate & correct it. Tis a fire which cannot be quenched but dedemanding mands a uniform vigilance... | |
 | Ralph Ketcham - 1987 - 294 էջ
...purely elective, it is a spirit not to be encouraged. From their natural tendency it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary...flame, lest, instead of warming, it should consume." When such vigilance was lacking, Washington warned, "the alternate domination of one faction over another... | |
 | Karlyn Kohrs Campbell, Kathleen Hall Jamieson - 1990 - 285 էջ
...controlled. When speaking of the internal danger, he said: From their natural tendency it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary...flame, lest, instead of warming, it should consume. 63 Washington's metaphors comported with his view of human nature. From his perspective, the problems... | |
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... the spirit of party. But in those of the popular character, in governments purely elective, it is a spirit not to be encouraged. From their natural tendency it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose. And there... 
