 | Boston (Mass.) - 1858 - 144 strani
...being constant danger of excess, the effect ought to be, by force of public opinion, to mitigate and assuage it. A fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent its bursting out into a flame, lest instead of warming it should destroy." With this opinion of party spirit in... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1859 - 524 strani
...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 vigilance...in a free country should inspire caution in those entrusted with its administration, to confine themselves within their respective constitutional spheres;... | |
 | Horace Binney - 1859 - 262 strani
...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 vigilance...in a free country should inspire caution in those entrusted with its administration, to confine themselves within their respective constitutional spheres;... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1859 - 468 strani
...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 vigilance...lest, [instead of warming, it should]' consume.-— Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion and morality are indispensable... | |
 | Richard Hofstadter - 1969 - 306 strani
...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 strani
...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, it demands...vigilance to prevent its bursting into a flame, lest it should not only warm but consume.12 It is in a particular manner to be regretted that our parties... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations - 1955 - 172 strani
...Committee through this Resolution 12, calling for nn "exploratory convention." Again quoting Washington, "It is important likewise that the habits of thinking...in a free country should inspire caution in those entrusted with its administration to confine themselves within their respective constitutional spheres."... | |
 | Ralph Ketcham - 1987 - 294 strani
...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, it demands...flame, lest, instead of warming, it should consume." When such vigilance was lacking, Washington warned, "the alternate domination of one faction over another... | |
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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... 
