 ... 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...  Annual Register of World Events - Sida 2991807Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | United States. President - 1854 - 616 sidor
...enough of that spinl for every salutary purpose ; and there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be by force of public opinion to mitigate...flame, lest, instead of warming, it should consume. It serves always to distract the public councils and enfeeble the public administration. It agitates the... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1855 - 714 sidor
...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...lest, instead of warming, it should consume. It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking in a free country should inspire caution in those... | |
 | Furman Sheppard - 1855 - 338 sidor
...•jnough 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...lest, instead of warming, it should consume. It is important, likewise, that tn"e habits of thinking, in a free country, should inspire caution in those... | |
 | Furman Sheppard - 1855 - 342 sidor
...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...lest, instead of warming, it should consume. It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking, in a free country, should inspire caution in those... | |
 | Furman Sheppard - 1855 - 337 sidor
...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...lest, instead of warming, it should consume. It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking, in a free country, should inspire caution in those... | |
 | Furman Sheppard - 1855 - 340 sidor
...every salutary purpose.' And there being constant dange.r of excess, the effort ought to be, by foree of public opinion, to mitigate and assuage it. A fire...lest, instead of warming, it should consume. It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking, in a free country, should inspire caution in those... | |
 | Richard Hofstadter - 1969 - 306 sidor
...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 sidor
...exist enough of it for every salutary purpose; and there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be by force of public opinion to mitigate...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... | |
 | Ralph Ketcham - 1987 - 294 sidor
...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...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 sidor
...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...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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